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SAUCIER v. EMPLOYMENT SEC. DEPT. OF STATE

No. 16268-1-III.

954 P.2d 285 (1998)

90 Wash.App. 461

Devera B. SAUCIER, Appellant, v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent. The Salvation Army, Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Two.

Publication Ordered March 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Kempner, Sr., Spokane, for Appellant.

Derek Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Kelly A. Nolen, Michael F. Nienstedt, Witherspoon, Kelley et al, Spokane, for Respondent.

BROWN, Judge.

Today we decide whether federal or state constitutional religious establishment prohibitions are violated when a church receives state and federal grants and a state exemption under RCW 5.44.040 from paying unemployment compensation benefits. Because the funds were used for the secular purpose of a drug treatment program administered by a church, The Salvation Army, where Ms. Saucier was employed as a counselor, there is no article I, section 11 violation...

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