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KANT v. LEXINGTON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

No. 2012-SC-000502-DG.

426 S.W.3d 587 (2014)

Laurence H. KANT, Appellant v. LEXINGTON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Miller , Arnold & Miller, PLC, for Appellant.

Elizabeth S. Muyskens , Richard Garrett Griffith , Stoll, Keenon & Ogden, PLLC, for Appellee.

Aaron Nisenson , American Association of University Professors, C. David Emerson , Emerson Law Office, Patrick J. Slevin , Stephen A. Vaden , Patton Boggs, LLP, for Amicus Curiae American Association of University Professors.

Barry Levenstam , Debbie L. Berman , Micah J. Cogen , Jenner & Block, LLP, Eric L. Ison , Bingham, Greenebaum, Doll, LLP, for Amicus Curiae The Anti-Defamation League.

Erik W. Stanley , Alliance Defending Freedom , Bryan Howard Beauman , Joshua Michael Salsburey , Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, for Amicus Curiae Alliance Defending Freedom and Association of Christian Schools International.

Dr. Leslie C. Griffin , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law, for Amicus Curiae University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law.

Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice Minton.

In Kirby v. Lexington Theological Seminary,1 a case rendered today in tandem with this case, we explicitly adopted the ministerial exception for employment disputes between religious institutional employers and their ministerial employees. This case presents the question whether the ministerial exception categorically applies to all professors employed by seminaries.

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