Showing posts with label Church disputes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church disputes. Show all posts
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Court Supervision of Church Election Invalidated by Mississippi Supreme Court

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In Melton v. Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church ,  (MS Sup. Ct., Jan. 11, 2024), the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and vacated a deci...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

9 Arrested In New York During Conflict Between Chabad Factions Over Secret Tunnel

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In Brooklyn on Monday, nine people were arrested on charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment and three others were issued summ...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

NY Court Rules That Parent Body Is Entitled to Possession of Hare Krishna Temple

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Kelley v. Gupta , (Sup.Ct. Nassau Cty. NY, Oct. 25, 2023), involves a dispute between two factions of the Hare Krishna movement over control...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

OK Supreme Court: Church Autonomy Doctrine Requires Dispute Over Disaffiliation to Be Dismissed

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In Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Timmons ,  (OK Sup. Ct., Oct. 24, 2023), the Oklahoma Supreme Court held tha...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Church's Fraud Claims Against Former Pastor

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 In New Bethel Baptist Church v. Taylor ,  (TX App., Aug. 29, 2023), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention d...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Church Autonomy Bars Court Adjudicating Dispute Over Withdrawal from Parent Body

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 In Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zions Gemeinde v. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , (Kings Cty NY Sup. Ct., Aug. 16, 2023), a Ne...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Expelled Church Members' Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations

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In Boyett v. First Baptist Church of Bossier ,  (LA App., Aug. 9,2023), a Louisiana state appellate court in a 2-1 decision affirmed the tri...
Friday, August 04, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court from Deciding Dispute Over Parish Funds

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 In  Salado v. Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso , (TX App, Aug. 2, 2023), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical absten...
Friday, April 21, 2023

Suit By Florida Breakaway Methodist Churches Is Dismissed

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In Grace United Methodist Church Inc. v. Board of Trustees of FL Annual Conf of UMC Inc. ,  (FL Cir. Ct., April 18, 2023). a Florida state t...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

185 Methodist Churches in Georgia Sue Parent Body Seeking Disaffiliation

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 At the end of last month, 185 Methodist congregations in Georgia filed suit in a Georgia state trial court against their parent body and it...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Congregants of Buddhist Temple Have Standing to Sue in Factional Dispute

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 In Bui v. Loc Hoang Bach ,  (CA App., Dec. 16, 2022), a California state appellate court, reversing the trial court, held that congregants ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

North Carolina Methodist Churches Sue to Disaffiliate from Parent Body

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Suit was filed last month in a North Carolina state trial court by 38 United Methodist Churches in North Carolina which are seeking to disaf...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Bar Suit Over Compliance With Non-Profit Corporation Law

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 In Auguste v. Hyacinthe ,  (FL App., Sept. 7, 2022), a Florida state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does ...
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Some Of Fired Pastor's Claims Can Move Ahead

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In Nation Ford Baptist Church Inc. v. Davis , (NC Sup.Ct., Aug. 19, 2020), the North Carolina Supreme Court allowed a Pastor to move ahead w...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Disaffiliated Congregation Not Entitled To Church Property

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In Hebron Community Methodist Church v. Wisconsin Conference Board of Trustees of the United Methodist Church, Inc. ,  (WD WI, July 25, 2022...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Deprives Civil Court Of Jurisdiction Over Seventh-Day Adventist Church Dispute

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In In re Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists ,  (TX App, July 21, 2022), a Texas state appellate court held that the eccleisastical a...
Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Break-Away Faction In Church of God Not Entitled To Property Ownership

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In Blue v. Church of God Sanctified, Inc. ,  (TN App., June 27, 2022), a Tennessee state appellate court held that in a property dispute bet...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply To Dispute Over Church's Form Of Governance

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In Bogle v. Sewell , (MI App., May 26, 2022), a Michigan state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine did not prec...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Trial Court's Resolution Of Church Factional Dispute Is Upheld

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In Chung v. Kim ,  (CA App., April 1, 2022), a California state appellate court held that a trial court did not abuse its discretion in deal...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Adjudication Of Some Claims In Dispute Between Church Factions

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In In re Thomas , (TX App., Jan.14, 2022), Jan. 14, 2022), a Texas state appellate court ruled on the extent to which the ecclesiastical abs...