Legal Opinion
Stapleton v. Advocate Health Care Network
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 31, 2014No. 14 C 01873PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion ajvd Order
Honorable EDMOND E. CHANG, United States District Judge
This action raises a question that has divided federal courts in recent years: *797whether religiously affiliated employers like hospitals and charities are exempt from federal regulation of their employee-benefits plans based on a statutory exemption created for churches. Plaintiffs are current and former employees of Defendant Advocate Health Care Network, a non-profit corporation affiliated with two Christian denominations. Advocate is Illinois’s largest health-care provider. Plaintiffs allege that Advocate has…
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