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MENDES v. DA SILVA

No. 2D07-2853.

980 So.2d 631 (2008)

Mark MENDES and Dan Waller, Petitioners, v. Anna Paula P. da SILVA, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Hearing and Charles J. Thomas of Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez, P.A., Tampa, for Petitioners.

Ryan Christopher Rodems of Barker, Rodems & Cook, P.A., Tampa, for Respondent.

KELLY, Judge.

Respondent Anna Paula P. da Silva, the former school director of Church of the Isles Community Christian School, sued Petitioners Mark Mendes, the Church's Senior Minister, and Dan Waller, the Church's Moderator, for libel and slander. Mendes and Waller moved to dismiss the complaint on First Amendment grounds, claiming that "the continued litigation of the action would require the court to explore and rule on aspects of a religious decision-making process...

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