Brief of The Catholic University of America School of Canon Law, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, The Queens Federation of Churches, and The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Authors

Richard W. Garnett, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow
David H. Hyams, SDG Law LLC

Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

3-4-2016

Abstract

No. 15.1005
Chabad-Lubavitch of Michigan v. Dr. Dov Schuchman

On Petition for a Writ of Ceriorari to the Supreme Court of Michigan

This brief addresses the importance of the principle of church autonomy and the protections provided by the First and Fourteenth Amendments and this Court's precedents regarding religious denominations' internal mandatory dispute-resolution procedures.

Comments

Amicus curiae The Catholic University of America is the national university of the Catholic Church in the United States, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the Holy See.

Table of Authorities include:

Richard W. Garnett, The Political (and Other) Safeguards of Religious Freedom, 32 CARDOZO L. REV. 1815 (2011).

Richard W. Garnett, Religion and Group Rights: Are Churches (Just) Like the Boy Scouts?, 22 ST. JOHN'S J. LEG. COMM. 515 (2007).

Richard W. Garnett, Religious Liberty, Church Autonomy, and the Structure of Freedom, in JOHN WITTE, JR. & FRANK S. ALEXANDER, CHRIS-TIANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AN INTRODUCTION (2010).

Richard W. Garnett, "The Freedom of the Church": (Toward) An Exposition, Translation, and Defense, in MICAH SCHWARTZMAN, CHAD FLANDERS & ZOE ROBINSON, EDS., THE RISE OF CORPORATE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (2016).

Recommended Citation

Brief of The Catholic University of America School of Canon Law, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, The Queens Federation of Churches, and The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Chabad-Lubavitch of Michigan v. Schuchman, (No.15-1005) (U.S. March 4, 2016).