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WEISHUHN v. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LANSING

Docket No. 273117.

756 N.W.2d 483 (2008)

279 Mich. App. 150

Madeline WEISHUHN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LANSING and St. Mary's Catholic Church, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 22, 2008, at 9:05 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Julie A. Gafkay, PLC (by Julie A. Gafkay and Sandra D. Hanshaw), and Joliat, Tosto, McCormick & Bade, PLC (by Michael T. Joliat), Frankenmuth, Flint, for the plaintiff.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. (by Thomas R. Meagher and Stephen J. Rhodes), Lansing, for the defendants.

Before: ZAHRA, P.J., and WHITBECK and BECKERING, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendants Catholic Diocese of Lansing (the Diocese) and St. Mary's Catholic Church (St.Mary's) appeal by leave granted the trial court's order denying their motion for summary disposition in this Civil Rights Act retaliatory-termination case. We vacate and remand for further proceedings.

I. Overview

This case involves the "ministerial exception." The ministerial exception is a nonstatutory, constitutionally compelled exception to the...

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