Religion & Law

Teacher's Discrimination Suit Dismissed On Ministerial Exception Doctrine
In a case similar on its facts to the Supreme Court's Hosanna-Tabor case, an Illinois federal district court applied the ministerial exception doctrine to dismiss an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a former teacher at a Lutheran school...

Ministerial Exception, Shministerial Exception, Part I
In my first post, I mentioned that one of my current works-in-progress addresses a doctrine known as the "ministerial exception" to Title VII employment discrimination claims...

Some Thoughts in Defense of the Ministerial Exception
So Rick has gotten us started on the ministerial exception. Caroline Corbin offered some opening thoughts here, and Marci Hamilton has a nice column here. The short of it is that the federal courts of appeals have all recognized a ?ministerial exception,? which exempts religious organizations from the anti-discrimination laws when it comes to their ?ministers? (however defined)...

Teacher's ADA Claim Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception
In EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85719 (ED MI, Oct. 23, 2008), a Michigan federal district court dismissed a retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act brought by a "called" teacher holding the title of "commissioned minister" in a Lutheran school...

Michigan Appellate Court Holds State Recognizes Ministerial Exception
In Weishuhn v. Diocese of Lansing, (MI Ct. App., May 22, 2008), a Michigan state court of appeals held that the "ministerial exception" exists under Michigan law to bar discrimination claims under the state's Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act...

A big "ministerial exception" decision in the Ninth Circuit
The invaluable Prof. Friedman reports: In Alcazar v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, (9th Cir., March 16, 2010), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed under the "ministerial exception" doctrine claims by two Catholic seminarians who alleged...

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Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
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US Army Corps of Engineers
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False Arrest
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Age Discrimination Suit Settled for $8.75 Million
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Retirement Plans
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Drive Through Discrimination
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Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.