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DEWEESE-BOYD v. GORDON COLLEGE

SJC-12988.

487 Mass. 31 (2021)

MARGARET DEWEESE-BOYD v. GORDON COLLEGE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Baxter , of the District of Columbia, for the defendants.

Hillary Schwab for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Julia E. Schlozman for Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action & others.

Risa Lieberwitz , of Florida, Aaron Nisenson & Nancy Long , of the District of Columbia, Donald J. Siegel , James A.W. Shaw , & Jasper Groner for American Association of University Professors.

Gene C. Schaerr , of the District of Columbia, & Dwight G. Duncan for Council for Christian Colleges and Universities & others.

Maura Healey , Attorney General, David C. Kravitz , Deputy State Solicitor, & Abigail B. Taylor , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Anne L. Josephson for the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice & others.

Blaine H. Evanson & Paige Muhlestein , of California, Vince Eisinger , of New York, & Joshua S. Lipshutz for Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty & another.

Michael Francisco , of Colorado, for Robert F. Cochran, Jr. , & others.

Ruth A. Bourquin for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc.

Ryan P. McManus & Michael J. Puzo for Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

Present: BUDD, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, CYPHER, KAFKER, WENDLANDT, & GEORGES, JJ.

This case requires us to assess, in light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Our Lady of Guadalupe Sch. v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S.Ct. 2049 (2020) (Our Lady of Guadalupe), whether the ministerial exception applies to an associate professor of social work at a private Christian liberal arts college...

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