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PAYNE-ELLIOTT v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE

Supreme Court Case No. 22S-CP-302.

193 N.E.3d 1009 (2022)

Joshua PAYNE-ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed August 31, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: Kathleen A. DeLaney , Matthew R. Gutwein , Christopher S. Stake , DeLaney & DeLaney LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: John S. (Jay) Mercer , Paul J. Carroll , Wooton Hoy, LLC, Greenfield, Indiana, Luke W. Goodrich , Daniel H. Blomberg , Joseph C. Davis , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICI CURIAE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLARS: Stephen M. Judge , Paul Edgar Harold , SouthBank Legal: LaDue | Curran | Kuehn, South Bend, Indiana.

ATTORNEY FOR AMICI CURIAE EPARCHY OF OUR LADY OF LEBANON OF LOS ANGELES & THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA: John A. Meiser , Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic, Notre Dame, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS CURIAE LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, INC.: Gregory R. Nevins , Decatur, Georgia, Jeanine Kerridge , Jeffrey M. Barron , Kara M. Kapke , Peter J. Rusthoven , Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS CURIAE STATE OF INDIANA: Theodore E. Rokita , Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Julia C. Payne , Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 21A-CP-936

[1] Religious freedom protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution encompasses the right of religious institutions "to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of church government as well as those of...

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