PATTERSON v. SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY

No. 2-92-244-CV.

858 S.W.2d 602 (1993)

T. Farrar PATTERSON, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled August 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Baab, Irving, for appellant.

Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C., Roland K. Johnson, Andrew D. Sims, and Russell R. Barton, Fort Worth, for appellee.

Before HILL, C.J., and FARRIS and DAY, JJ.


OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

T. Farrar Patterson (Patterson), appeals a summary judgment denying him recovery in his wrongful termination suit against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Seminary). The trial court granted summary judgment on the ground that under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution, the decisions of religious organizations regarding ecclesiastical matters...

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