Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Elizabeth McDonough v. The Catholic University of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 14, 1996No. 94-5263, 94-5283PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
Sister Elizabeth McDonough and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allege that The Catholic University of America engaged in sex discrimination and retaliatory conduct, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when it denied her application for tenure in its Department of Canon Law. District Judge Louis F. Ober-dorfer dismissed the action as precluded by the First Amendment’s religion clauses. We agree with Judge Oberdorfer that the Free…
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