Tenth Circuit Rules That Religious Employers May Not Use the Collateral Order Doctrine To Immediately Appeal Rulings on the Ministerial Exception to Title VII Claims

The court held in a 2-1 decision that it lacked jurisdiction to consider, on interlocutory appeal, orders preliminarily denying a religious employer summary judgment on the “ministerial exception” defense to Title VII racial discrimination claims, because a jury must first resolve genuine issues of disputed fact.

       

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