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PATTERSON v. INDIANA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 08-2050.

589 F.3d 357 (2009)

James PATTERSON and Lisa M. Coffey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INDIANA NEWSPAPERS, INCORPORATED, an Indiana corporation, publisher of The Indianapolis Star, owned by Gannett Co., Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence T. Newman, Attorney (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kenneth J. Yerkes, Attorney (argued), Jan M. Carroll, Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Lisa Coffey and James Patterson are former editorial writers at The Indianapolis Star who left the newspaper in 2003 and 2005, respectively. They departed under very different circumstances, but both claim they were victims of employment discrimination on the basis of their religion—more specifically, discrimination because they are Christians who believe that homosexual conduct is sinful. Patterson also claims the Star discriminated...

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