Yesterday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments (audio of full arguments) in Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the case, a Utah federal district court dismissed a Second Amended Complaint in a class action lawsuit brought by former members of the LDS Church. The suit alleged that the Church has fraudulently misrepresented its founding to its members while its leaders did not have a sincere religious belief in the narrative. It also alleged that the Church made fraudulent misrepresentations about the use of money received from members’ tithing. (See prior posting.) Courthouse News Service reports at greater length on the oral arguments.
