Legal Opinion
Rayburn v. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1985No. 84-1319PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case raises significant questions about the application of the civil rights laws to churches. The issue is whether a *1165woman denied a pastoral position in the Seventh-day Adventist Church may charge that church with sexual and racial discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on the grounds that the suit was barred by the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Because state scrutiny of the church’s choice would infringe substantially on the church’s free exercise of religion and would…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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