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U.S. Supreme Court says Constitution bars job-bias suit against religious school (access required)

by Pat Murphy
Published: January 16,2012
Time posted: 10:00 am

The First Amendment bars a disability discrimination suit brought by a teacher who was fired by a religious school, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision. The ruling reverses a decision from the 6th Circuit. The plaintiff suffers from narcolepsy. She was hired as a lay teacher at a Lutheran elementary school. After the ...
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