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LEWIS v. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS LAKE REGION CONF.

No. 92-1085.

978 F.2d 940 (1992)

Joseph P. LEWIS; Julia A. Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS LAKE REGION CONFERENCE, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Hatchett (argued and briefed), Hatchett, Dewalt, Hatchett & Hall, Pontiac, Mich., Melissa Zakiya El, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Randolph D. Phifer (argued and briefed), Patterson & Phifer, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before: GUY and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.

A minister brought this diversity action against the defendant religious organization that terminated his employment. The district court dismissed the action, holding that the First Amendment bars a civil court from intervening in an employment dispute between a church and its clergy. We affirm.

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The Seventh Day Adventist Church, a worldwide ecclesiastical corporation...

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