Justinian RWEYEMAMU and Buguruka Orphans & Community Economic Development, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Michael COTE, Bishop of Diocese of Norwich, and Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: October 26, 2006.
Decided: March 21, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Norman A. Pattis, Bethany, Conn., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Meredith G. Diette, Brown Jacobson P.C., Norwich, Conn., for Defendants-Appellees.
Michael L. Costello, Tobin & Dempf (Mark E. Chopko, Jeffrey Hunter Moon, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Wash., D.C., on the brief), Albany, N.Y., for Amici Curiae the Salvation Army National Corporation, the General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the International Church of the Foresquare Gospel, the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Before: CARDAMONE, WALKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Alleging that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, through its Bishop, misapplied canon law in denying him a requested promotion and, ultimately, in terminating him, Father Justinian Rweyemamu, an African-American Catholic priest, claims racial discrimination in a Title VII suit against the Bishop and the Diocese. After the district court dismissed the suit pursuant to the "ministerial...
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