Appeal in Gay Catholic School Worker Suit Paused for SCOTUS Case

The Fourth Circuit on Friday placed on hold an appeal by Charlotte Catholic High School and two co-defendants of their loss in a gay substitute teacher’s job bias lawsuit alleging he was terminated because of his same-sex marriage.

Charlotte Catholic, Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, Lonnie Billard, and a legion of amici will now have to wait until the US Supreme Court issues a decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said in ordering the appeal removed from the calendar. Oral argument had been scheduled ...