Legal Opinion
Black v. Snyder
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 18, 1991No. C5-91-71PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
A pastor challenges the dismissal, on first amendment grounds, of her breach of contract, sexual harassment, reprisal, retaliation, and defamation claims against her former employer, the church. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
FACTS
In 1989 Susan Black was hired as an associate pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Washburn Park (the church), a local congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (the synod). In April 1990, Black filed a discrimination charge against her supervising pastor, William Snyder, with the Minnesota Department of…
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