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WESTBROOK v. PENLEY

No. 04-0838.

231 S.W.3d 389 (2007)

C.L. WESTBROOK, JR., Petitioner, v. Peggy Lee PENLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 29, 2007.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wade Birdwell, James G. Stouffer Jr., Wallach, Andrews & Stouffer, P.C., Fort Worth, Kelly J. Shackelford, Hiram S. Sasser III, Jonathan M. Saenz, Plano, for Petitioner.

Darrell L. Keith, Courtney Shannon Keith, Keith Law Firm, P.C., Jeffrey H. Kobs, Kobs & Haney, P.C., Fort Worth, Kirk L. Pittard, Leighton Durham III, Durham & Pittard, L.L.P., Dallas, for Respondent.

James Roddy Tanner, J. Shelby Sharpe, Sharpe & Tillman, P.C., Fort Worth, for Other.

Jerry D. Bullard, Adams, Lynch & Loftin, P.C., Bedford, TX, Carl H. Esbeck, Columbia, MO, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must decide the constitutionally appropriate role of civil courts in resolving tort actions that arise from acts of church discipline. The defendant pastor in this case, C.L. "Buddy" Westbrook, Jr., who is also a licensed professional counselor, directed his congregation to shun Peggy Lee Penley, a former parishioner, for engaging in a "biblically inappropriate" relationship, which the ecclesiastical...

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