Split 10th Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing After Ministerial Exception Ruling

Mealey's (November 16, 2022, 2:04 PM EST) -- DENVER — A divided 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 15 denied a petition by the operator of a Christian school for en banc rehearing after a divided panel ruled in a case it noted presented a question of first impression that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the school operator’s interlocutory appeal challenging a trial court’s denial of its ministerial exception-based summary judgment motion in an employment discrimination case....