Legal Opinion
Fontana v. Diocese of Yakima
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 3, 2007No. 25328-7-IIIPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
157 P.3d 443 (2007)
Robert FONTANA, Appellant,
v.
DIOCESE OF YAKIMA; and Carlos Sevilla, Respondents.
No. 25328-7-III.
Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.
May 3, 2007.
Gary Edward Lofland, Yakima, WA, for Appellant.
Robert Morrill Boggs, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.
BROWN, J.
¶ 1 This appeal turns on the application of the ministerial exception, an outgrowth of the First Amendment's guarantees of religious freedom. The exception precludes subject matter jurisdiction over claims involving the employment relationship between a religious institution and its ministerial employees, based on the…
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