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OLSON v. FIRST CHURCH OF NAZARENE

No. C8-02-1941.

661 N.W.2d 254 (2003)

Lisa OLSON, et al., Respondents, v. FIRST CHURCH OF NAZARENE, et al., Defendants, Mervin Leroy Kelley, Defendant, The Minnesota District Church of the Nazarene, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Wendorf, Cindy Waldt, Reinhardt and Anderson, St. Paul, for respondents Olsons.

Thomas E. McEllistrem, Patrick T. Tierney, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, P.L.L.P., St. Paul, for appellant.

Considered and decided by STONEBURNER, Presiding Judge, LANSING, Judge, and KLAPHAKE, Judge.

OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

The Minnesota District Church of the Nazarene (the District) appeals the district court's denial of its motion for summary judgment. The District argues that because the claims of respondents Lisa and Jay Olson arise from the context of pastoral counseling, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. I, § 16 of the Minnesota Constitution prohibit the court from exercising jurisdiction over Olsons...

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