Clergy Members

September 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Thirty years ago, in Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos, 483 U.S. 327 (1987), the U.S. Supreme…

By Barry Black and John B. Madden explore "Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos," where the court upheld the validity of a statutory exception to the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of religion contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and further discuss other examples of the law's special treatment of religious institutions and clergy members.

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