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PORTH v. CATHOLIC DIOCESE

Docket No. 165804.

209 Mich. App. 630 (1995)

532 N.W.2d 195

PORTH v. ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 3, 1995, at 10:20 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deming, Hughey, Lewis, Allen & Chapman, P.C. (by Ross E. Chapman and Richard M. Hughey, Jr.), for the plaintiff.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by William R. Schulz), for the defendants.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and GRIFFIN and W.A. CRANE, JJ.

GRIFFIN, J.

In this case of admitted employment discrimination based upon religion, we are called upon to address a conflict between the free exercise of religion and the Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq. We resolve this conflict in favor of religious liberty. We hold that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 USC 2000bb et seq., bars application of Michigan...

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