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HEARD v. JOHNSON

No. 01-CV-471.

810 A.2d 871 (2002)

Morris B. HEARD, et al., Appellants, v. C. Phillip JOHNSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman R. Evans; and Deborah E. Kane, Lanham, MD, for appellant.

Clement T. Cooper, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

The trustees of Mount Airy Baptist Church (Trustees) contend that they are entitled to the protections of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment in defending against a claim of defamation that arose from the removal of their former pastor. We agree.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Facts

Mount Airy Baptist Church (Mt. Airy or church) is a nonprofit religious corporation founded in...

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