ELCA NEWS SERVICE
January 28, 2011
Court Dismisses, Maintains Lawsuit Claims Involving ELCA, Augsburg Fortress
11-009-JB
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A federal judge dismissed significant claims
against the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and Augsburg
Fortress Publishers contained in a lawsuit filed in April 2010. The
lawsuit was filed by four plaintiffs in response to the 2009 termination
of a defined benefit pension plan of Augsburg Fortress Publishers, a
separately incorporated ministry of the ELCA, based in Minneapolis.
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