FONTANA v. DIOCESE OF YAKIMA

No. 25328-7-III.

157 P.3d 443 (2007)

Robert FONTANA, Appellant, v. DIOCESE OF YAKIMA; and Carlos Sevilla, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Edward Lofland, Yakima, WA, for Appellant.

Robert Morrill Boggs, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.


BROWN, J.

¶ 1 This appeal turns on the application of the ministerial exception, an outgrowth of the First Amendment's guarantees of religious freedom. The exception precludes subject matter jurisdiction over claims involving the employment relationship between a religious institution and its ministerial employees, based on the institution's constitutional right to be free from judicial interference in the selection of those employees. See generally Serbian...

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