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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH v. WHITE

No. 88-1100.

571 A.2d 790 (1990)

The UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Appellant, v. John R. WHITE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Starnes, with whom Thomas R. Kline, Washington, D.C. was on brief, for appellant.

Clement Theodore Cooper, Washington, D.C. for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant United Methodist Church, Baltimore Annual Conference (UMC) appeals from denials of its motions to dismiss the complaint and for reconsideration on the ground that the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment of the Constitution preclude civil courts from adjudicating religious disputes involving the qualifications or fitness of clergy. Appellee John R. White alleged that he was wrongfully discharged as a minister...

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