U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 19, 2019
US Supreme Court will consider ministerial exception doctrine in discrimination cases
The high court will decide if teachers at two Catholic schools fall under the ministerial exception, which prohibits civil rights laws from interfering with church employment policies under the First Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari Wednesday to a pair of California employee discrimination cases that challenge the notion Catholic schoolteachers cannot sue their employers because they're considered ministers.
In both Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 19-267, and St. James School v. Biel, 19-348, the high court will ...
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