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RAYBURN v. GENERAL CONF. OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

No. 84-1319.

772 F.2d 1164 (1985)

Carole A. RAYBURN, Appellant, v. GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, an unincorporated association; General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation; Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, an unincorporated association; Potomac Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation; Kenneth J. Mittleider; and James Londis; Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen M. Stein, Chevy Chase, Md., for appellant.

Walter E. Carson, Washington, D.C., Glenn E. Culpepper, Takoma Park, Md., (Johns & Carson, Washington, D.C., Gingerich and Culpepper, Takoma Park, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and SPROUSE and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case raises significant questions about the application of the civil rights laws to churches. The issue is whether a woman denied a pastoral position in the Seventh-day Adventist Church may charge that church with sexual and racial discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on the grounds that the suit was barred...

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