Legal Opinion
Fike v. United Methodist Children's Home of Virginia, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 30, 1982No. Civ. A. 79-0923-RPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARRINER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On 21 November 1979, plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that defendant United Methodist Children’s Home dismissed him as director because he was a Methodist layman and the Home desired a Methodist minister in the position. Plaintiff charged that the dismissal constituted religious discrimination in violation of the United States Constitution, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., and anti-discrimination provisions in contracts between defendant and agencies of both the State and the federal government. On 7 July…
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