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STROCK v. PRESSNELL

Nos. 87-1550 and 87-1557.

38 Ohio St. 3d 207 (1988)

STROCK, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. PRESSNELL, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT; SHEPHERD OF THE RIDGE LUTHERAN CHURCH, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Gary, Jori Bloom Naegele and Dale A. Baich, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Wegman, Hessler, Vanderburg & O'Toole and Peter A. Hessler, for appellee and cross-appellant.

McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro Co., L.P.A., and Donald F. Black, for appellee Shepherd of Ridge Lutheran Church in case No. 87-1550.

WRIGHT, J.

Appellant's complaint against Pressnell and the Shepherd of the Ridge Lutheran Church was premised on a variety of tort theories. Before addressing the validity of the complaint and the underlying theories of recovery, we must first determine whether the protections provided by the First Amendment bar this cause.

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The threshold question whenever the Free Exercise Clause is invoked is whether the contested conduct is in fact religious...

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