Legal Opinion
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 11, 2012No. 10-553PublishedCited by 461 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
Certain employment discrimination laws authorize employees who have been wrongfully terminated to sue their employers for reinstatement and damages. The question presented is whether the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment bar such an action when *177the employer is a religious group and the employee is one of the group’s ministers.
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Petitioner Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the second largest Lutheran denomination in America. Hosanna-Tabor operated a small school in Redford,…
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