KELLY v. METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN CAL.

No. S053888.

95 Cal.Rptr.2d 514 (2000)

22 Cal.4th 1108

997 P.2d 1169

Alacoque Colette KELLY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 2000.

Certiorari Denied November 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie A. Calvert, Pasadena, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Quackenbush & Quackenbush and William C. Quackenbush, San Mateo, for California Employment Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Steven K. Green; Julie Segal; and Edward Tabash, Beverly Hills, for Americans United for Separation of Church and State as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Herzog, Fisher, Flame & Grayson, Herzog, Fisher & Grayson, David R. Fisher; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Marc J. Poster, Robert A. Olson and Jennifer L. King, Beverly Hills, for Defendants and Respondents.

Law Offices of Steven Drapkin, Steven Drapkin, Los Angeles; Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn and Jeffrey A. Berman for the California Catholic Conference, the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Church State Council, the Council on Religious Freedom, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Adventist Health as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


Certiorari Denied November 27, 2000. See 121 S.Ct. 569.

WERDEGAR, J.

The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.)1 bars discrimination by employers on several enumerated bases. Under section 12926, subdivision (d) (the religious-entity exemption), the term "employer" specifically excludes "a religious association or corporation not organized for private...

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