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“Claim of Fraudulent Luring Into Conversion To Christianity Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds”

October 9, 2017by Josh S. Tatum in 6th Circuit, Baptist, ecclesiastical abstention, fraud, schools, Tennessee

“Claim of Fraudulent Luring Into Conversion To Christianity Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds” Religion Clause reports here on Rymer v. Lemaster, (M.D. Tenn., Oct. 4, 2017). The adopted magistrate judge’s recommendation is here.

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