Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• noting “[w]here Congress includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same [statute], it is generally presumed that Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion”
• noting “[w]here Congress includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same [statute], it is generally presumed that Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion”
• “Such services are secular in nature when performed by secular organizations, and cannot be transformed into ‘ministrations of sacerdotal functions’ merely because they are performed by a religiously affiliated social service organization like [plaintiff].”
• adopting the American Guidance test

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