HOSANNA-TABOR EVANGELICAL v. E.E.O.C.

No. 10-553.

132 S.Ct. 694 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 650

HOSANNA-TABOR EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL, Petitioner v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Laycock , Charlottesville, VA, for Petitioner.

Leondra R. Kruger , Washington, DC, for Federal Respondent.

Walter Dellinger , Washington, DC, for Private Respondent.

Eric C. Rassbach , Hannah C. Smith , Luke W. Goodrich , Lori H. Windham , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Hawley , University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO, Douglas Laycock , Counsel of Record, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, Sherri C. Strand , James W. Erwin , Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

P. David Lopez , General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis , Acting Associate General Counsel, Carolyn L. Wheeler , Assistant General Counsel, Eric A Harrington , Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, Leondra R. Kruger , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Joseph R. Palmore , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Dennis J. Dimsey , Sharon M. McGowan , Aaron D. Schuham , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal Respondent.

James E. Roach , Robert M. Vercruysse , Vercruysse Murray & Calzone, P.C., Bingham Farms, MI, Walter Dellinger , Anton Metlitsky , Loren L. Alikhan , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, for Private Respondent.


Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Certain employment discrimination laws authorize employees who have been wrongfully terminated to sue their employers for reinstatement and damages. The question presented is whether the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment bar such an action when the employer is a religious group and the employee is one of the group's ministers.

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