Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel Int'l.
Case Number:
20-1230
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Companies
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees
- Human Rights Campaign
- Legal Aid at Work
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- National Women's Law Center
- Service Employees International Union
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November 16, 2022
10th Circ. Won't Revisit Christian School's Race Bias Battle
The Tenth Circuit has refused a Christian school's bid for full court review of a decision letting a former teacher's race discrimination suit move ahead, over a dissent from four judges who said an exception to federal bias law for ministers should preclude the case.
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June 08, 2022
10th Circ. Says No Quick Appeals On 'Ministerial' Defense
Trial court decisions rejecting employers' attempts to invoke a carveout to federal bias law called the "ministerial exception" can't be immediately challenged, a split Tenth Circuit ruled, shutting down a Christian school's bid to press a quick appeal in a former teacher's race discrimination suit and leaving whether he qualifies as a minister up to a jury.