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Religious Ministers And The Scope Of Their Rights To Non-Discrimination In Employment, R. George Wright Apr 2023

Religious Ministers And The Scope Of Their Rights To Non-Discrimination In Employment, R. George Wright

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

The First Amendment is currently thought to bar ministerial employees from any recourse against their religious employer under a wide variety of non-discrimination statutes and other forms of legal protection. The typical critique of this state of affairs seeks to narrow the class of persons who count as ministerial employees. This paper focuses instead on an important, and peculiar, aspect of the ministerial exception doctrine. At present, the law generally prohibits any recovery by ministerial employees for employment discrimination by their religious employer even where the employer’s reasons for the discrimination have nothing to do with any religious doctrine, belief, …


Webster V. Doe, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1987

Webster V. Doe, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Perry Education Association V. Perry Local Educators' Association, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1982

Perry Education Association V. Perry Local Educators' Association, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Labor Law-Availability Of Injunctive Relief Against Peaceful Picketing Under Illegal Purpose Doctrine Sep 1948

Labor Law-Availability Of Injunctive Relief Against Peaceful Picketing Under Illegal Purpose Doctrine

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.