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Judge Declines to Decide Suit by Minister Against Church

New York Law Journal

January 31, 2013

Justice Charles Ramos has dismissed a wrongful termination suit filed by an employee of an agency of the United Methodist Church, holding that adjudicating the dispute would require the judge to violate the First Amendment by interpreting the denomination's religious code of conduct.

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