Legal Opinion
Rweyemamu v. Commission on Human Rights
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 12, 2006No. AC 27108PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The first amendment to the United States constitution protects religious institutions from governmental interference with their free exercise of religion. Accordingly, many courts have recognized a ministerial exception to judicial authority to adjudicate employment disputes between religious institutions and their religious leaders. In this case, the commission on human rights and opportunities (commission) invoked the ministerial exception to conclude that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear allegations of employment discrimination brought by a Catholic priest…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Rweyemamu v. CoteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Dayner v. Archdiocese of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- State v. WadeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Department of Public Safety v. Freedom of Information CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2007
- Trinity Christian Sch. v. Comm'n on Human RightsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2018
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