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UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH MONASTERY v. NABORS

Nos. 21-5048/5055/5057/5058/5059/5100.

35 F.4th 1021 (2022)

UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH MONASTERY STOREHOUSE, a Washington non-profit corporation; Erin Patterson and Gabriel Biser, individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Plaintiffs-Appellants (21-5100), v. Wayne NABORS, in his official capacity as County Clerk of Putnam County, Tennessee (21-5059/5100); Lisa Duke Crowell, in her official capacity as County Clerk of Rutherford County, Tennessee (21-5057/5100); William F. Knowles, in his official capacity as County Clerk of Hamilton County, Tennessee (21-5058/5100); Elaine Anderson, in her official capacity as County Clerk of Williamson County, Tennessee (21-5055/5100); Herbert H. Slatery III, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, Jennings H. Jones, in his official capacity as District Attorney General of Rutherford County, Tennessee, Neal Pinkston, in his official capacity as District Attorney General of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Bryant C. Dunaway, in his official capacity as District Attorney General of Putnam County, Tennessee, and Kim R. Helper, in her official capacity as District Attorney General of Williamson County, Tennessee (21-5048/5100), Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, Bill Lee, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, Defendant-Appellee (21-5100).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 27, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew D. Cloutier , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Herbert H. Slatery III, et al. Lisa M. Carson , BUERGER, MOSELEY & CARSON, PLC, Franklin, Tennessee, for Elaine Anderson. Jeffrey G. Jones , WIMBERLY LAWSON WRIGHT DAVES & JONES, PLLC, Cookeville, Tennessee, for Wayne Nabors. Ambika K. Doran , DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse, et al. ON BRIEF: Matthew D. Cloutier , Leslie Ann Bridges , Steven A. Hart , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Herbert H. Slatery III, et al. and Bill Lee. Lisa M. Carson , Lee Ann Thompson , BUERGER, MOSELEY & CARSON, PLC, Franklin, Tennessee, for Elaine Anderson. Jeffrey G. Jones , WIMBERLY LAWSON WRIGHT DAVES & JONES, PLLC, Cookeville, Tennessee, for Wayne Nabors. Ambika K. Doran , Bruce E.H. Johnson , Robert E. Miller , DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Seattle, Washington, Rocklan W. King III , ADAMS AND REESE LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, Lucian T. Pera , ADAMS AND REESE LLP, Memphis, Tennessee, for Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse, et al. Nicholas C. Christiansen , Daniel W. Ames , HUDSON, REED & CHRISTIANSEN, PLLC, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Lisa Crowell. Rheubin M. Taylor , Mary Neill Southerland , Sharon McMullan Milling , HAMILTON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for William F. Knowles.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; STRANCH and BUSH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Universal Life Church Monastery ("ULC") permits anyone who feels so called to become ordained as a minister— over the Internet, free of charge, and in a matter of minutes. Should the newly minted minister wish to solemnize a marriage in Tennessee, however, she will encounter a problem. Tennessee...

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