United Methodist Church v. White

How courts have described this case

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• pointing out that the religion clauses “grant churches an immunity from civil discovery and trial under certain circumstances”
• reviewing under Rule 12(b)(1) church’s “motion to dismiss on grounds of constitutional immunity”
• “employment disputes concerning the status of pastors are inherently ecclesiastical and cannot constitutionally be subject to review”
• implicitly adopting de novo standard of review to consider denial of church’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion asserting First Amendment immunity
• \The Discipline of the United Methodist Church is a religious document which this court cannot construe without usurping the rights of the UMC to construe its own law.\
• \The Discipline of the United Methodist Church is a religious document which this court cannot construe without usurping the rights of the UMC to construe its own law.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).