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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > litigation: religious freedom > Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos

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Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos  

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  • In Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos (1987), former employees of unincorporated divisions of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) who refused or were ineligible to become members of the church challenged their being dismissed from their jobs. The employees who lost their jobs filed suit alleging that the LDS church committed religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos]

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