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BEHREND v. SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER, INC.

No. 23-15399.

108 F.4th 765 (2024)

Alexander BEHREND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 17, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Davy (argued), All Rise Trial & Appellate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kyle Quackenbush, Girard Sharp LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eileen R. Ridley (argued) and Evan L. Hamling, Foley & Lardner LLP, San Francisco, California; Sara A. Levine Abarbanel, Foley & Lardner LLP, San Diego, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Ryan D. Nelson, Lawrence VanDyke, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The ministerial exception protects the "freedom of a religious organization to select its ministers." Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch. v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171, 188, 132 S.Ct. 694, 181 L.Ed.2d 650 (2012). Alexander Behrend, who lived and worked at...

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