Church School Did Not Violate Law When It Fired Teacher With Narcolepsy Who Threatened To File A Lawsuit.

The United States Supreme Court ruled a Lutheran Church school did not violate the law when it fired a teacher who claimed she was discriminated against because of a disability, and threatened to sue the church.  The Court said the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment bar suits on behalf of ministers against their churches.  The Court found the ministerial exception doctrine protects religious groups, and this teacher’s job duties reflected a role in conveying the Church’s message and carrying out its mission. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  (U.S. Sup. Ct.;  January 11, 2011) 132 S.Ct. 694, [181 L.Ed.2d 650].