Legal Opinion
Mrs. Billie B. McCLURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the SALVATION ARMY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1972No. 19-40759PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
The Salvation Army is a church and Mrs. Billie B. McClure is one of its ordained ministers, see facts set forth in the published opinion of the District Court, McClure v. Salvation Army, 323 F.Supp. 1100 (N.D., Ga., 1971).
Mrs. McClure brought suit below, dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, which requires a determination of whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq.] applies to the employment relationship between a church and its ministers and, if applica*555ble, whether the statute impinges upon the Religion Clauses of the First…
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