Jennifer Venters v. City of Delphi and Larry Ives

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• recognizing that pertinence of affirmative defense may arise only after discovery, and that the defendant’s proper recourse is a timely assertion of that defense
• holding that government violates the Clause when it conditions employment on the employee’s conversion to another religion
• recognizing that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on an employer’s belief that an employee adhered to the “wrong kind” of Christianity
• holding that a police chief coerced a radio dispatcher in violation of the establishment clause by pressuring her to conform her conduct with his religious beliefs and indicating that she would lose her job if she failed to do so
• stating that “appellate courts are not inclined to find a technical failure to comply with Rule 8(c
• noting that defendants raised statute of limitations defense for the first time in a reply memorandum filed the night before oral argument, such that plaintiff had no opportunity to respond in writing

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