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	Appeals Court Refused to Dismiss a Former Employee’s Wrongful Termination Lawsuit June 2022	Discrimination; Employment Practices; First Amendment
	Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit Against Church Fails Under Church Autonomy Doctrine November 2021	First Amendment
	Court Barred by First Amendment from Resolving a Dismissed Minister’s Terminated Retirement Benefits November 2018	First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes; Retirement Plans
	Minnesota Court Rules on the Extent of First Amendment Protections for Church Discipline April 2016	Church Members; First Amendment
	Exemption of Unemployment Services in the Employ of a Church Doesn’t Violate First Amendment December 2014	Compensation and Benefits; First Amendment
	Are Churches Exempt from City Water Assessments? October 2005	First Amendment; Freedom of Religion
	First Amendment Bars the Civil Courts from Intervening in Church Elections January 2003	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; First Amendment; Officers, Directors, and Trustees
	Church Liability for Accounting Irregularities March 1997	First Amendment; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Can a Church Dismiss Members Who Sue the Church? November 1992	Church Members; First Amendment
	Legal Requirements for Church Child Care Centers May 1992	First Amendment; Schools
	Law Making Good Friday a Legal Holiday Does Not Violate the First Amendment July 1988	First Amendment; Freedom of Religion
	Court Confirmed Civil Courts Are Prohibited from Resolving Church Property Disputes on the Basis of Religious Doctrine May 1988	Church Property; First Amendment
	Father’s First Amendment Rights not Violated by Requirement to Arrange for Child’s Attendance at Roman Catholic Church March 1988	First Amendment; Freedom of Religion
	Court Rejected School District’s Claim that Allowing School Facilities to Be Used for Religious Purposes Would Violate the First Amendment March 1988	First Amendment; Freedom of Religion; Schools
	Jehovah’s Witness congregation could not sue the church for defamation January 1988	Defamation; First Amendment
	Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Resolve the Claims of Parishioners January 1988	Church Members; First Amendment
	Congress Extending Copyright Violated First Amendment January 1988	Copyright; First Amendment
	Annual Display of a Nativity Violated the First Amendment January 1988	First Amendment
	Court Struck Down Provisions that Permitted Religious Organizations to Use Federal Funds July 1987	First Amendment
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