PLEASANT GLADE ASSEMBLY OF GOD v. SCHUBERT

No. 05-0916.

264 S.W.3d 1 (2008)

PLEASANT GLADE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Reverend Lloyd A. McCutchen, Rod Linzay, Holly Linzay, Sandra Smith, Becky Bickel, and Paul Patterson, Petitioners, v. Laura SCHUBERT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 27, 2008.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pruessner, Jes Alexander, Law Offices of David M. Pruessner, Craig L. Reese, FLetcher & Springer, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioners.

William O. Wuester, Chandler Grisham, Douglas, Wuester & Stenholm, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, for Respondent.

David M. Colley, Fee, Smith Sharp & Vitullo, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, and Justice WILLETT joined.

This appeal concerns the tension between a church's right to protection under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and a church member's right to judicial redress under a claim for intentional tort. U.S. CONST. amend. I; see also TEX. CONST. art. I, § 6. The court of appeals generally affirmed...

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