Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC
| Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Full case name | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America |
| Decided | April 14, 1998 |
| Citation | 141 F.3d 344, 354, 356 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Stephen F. Williams, Laurence H. Silberman, David B. Sentelle |
| Keywords | |
| LCMS FCC EEO Act 5th Amendment | |
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod v. FCC was a 1998 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals case involving the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) enforcement of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act and the Fifth Amendment. The FCC claimed that the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) had violated the FCC's Equal Employment Opportunity requirements by not hiring enough minorities/women and by requiring a knowledge of Lutheran doctrine in order to be hired to work at its two FM and AM radio stations located in Clayton, Missouri.