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Ninth Circuit Narrowly Construes The First Amendment’s Ministerial Exception For Religious Institution Employers

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Biel v. St. James School, the Ninth Circuit once again split from other circuit courts, this time by narrowly construed an affirmative defense known as the “ministerial exception” that bars claims of employment discrimination...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ninth-circuit-narrowly-construes-the-12182/

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