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DOBROTA v. FREE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

No. 1 CA-CV 96-0606.

952 P.2d 1190 (1998)

191 Ariz. 120

Ratko and Radojka DOBROTA, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross Appellees, v. FREE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH "ST. NICHOLAS" an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellee, The Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the United States of America and Canada, Inc. and Metropolitan Iriney, Defendants-Appellees, Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

As Amended February 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Mark R. Jewett, P.C. by Mark R. Jewett, Phoenix, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross Appellees.

Ayers & Brown, P.C. by Harvey S. Brown, Phoenix, for Defendant-Appellee.

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. by Lonnie J. Williams Jr. Heidi J. Richter, Phoenix, for Defendants-Appellees/Cross Appellants.

OPINION

RYAN, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal examines the limits set by the Free Exercise and Establishment of Religion Clauses of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution on a civil court's authority to decide an employment dispute between a priest and his church and diocese. We must also decide whether a civil court must abstain from enforcing an ecclesiastical court's judgment authorizing an award of damages to a priest. We hold that a civil...

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