Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Suit Against Church for Negligent Retention of Pastor Can Move Ahead

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 In Exum v. St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church, Inc. ,  (NC App, Nov. 19, 2024), a North Carolina state appellate court held that clai...
Friday, September 27, 2024

9th Circuit En Banc Hears Fraud Claim Against LDS Church

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sitting en banc  heard oral arguments in Huntsman v. Corporation of the President ...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

Missouri Appeals Court Refers Question of Church's Duty of Supervision to State Supreme Court

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 In Doe v. First Baptist Church of Pierce City, Missouri ,  (MO App., Sept. 2, 2023), a Missouri appellate court described plaintiff's c...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Former Priest's Defamation Claim Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia v. Marshall ,  (VA App., July 16, 2024), a Virginia state appellate court held that a defamation p...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court Refuses to Order United Methodist Conference to Allow Church Disaffiliations

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In Aldersgate United Methodist Church of Montgomery v. Alabama- West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. ,  (AL Sup. Ct....
Friday, May 31, 2024

Civil Court Must Accept Disciplinary Actions by Hierarchical Church's Parent Body

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In San Jose Korean Central Church v. Korean Evangelical Church of America ,  (CA App., May 29, 2024), a California state appellate court app...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Church Property Ownership Dispute

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In Ex parte The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., April 12, 2024), the Alabama Supreme Co...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Church Property Dispute

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 In Sails v. Weeks ,  (AL Sup. Ct., April 5, 2024), the Alabama Supreme Court by a vote of 8-1, without an opinion for the majority, affirme...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Civil Conspiracy Claims Against Religious Organization Survive 1st Amendment Defenses

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In re Gothard , (TX App., Feb. 22, 2024), is a mandamus action that is essentially an appeal of a trial court's refusal to dismiss civil...
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...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Pastor's Breach of Contract Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Craver v. Faith Lutheran Church ,  (TX App., Nov. 8, 2023), a Texas state appeals court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine ...
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...
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...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

9th Circuit: Fraud Claim Against LDS Church By Prominent Donor May Move Ahead

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 7, 2023), the U.S. 9th Cir...
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...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court From Interpreting Foundation's Bylaws

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In Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools, Inc. v. The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair ,  (CT Super, June 15, 2023), a Connecticu...
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, October 04, 2022

Pastor's Defamation Suit Dismissed On Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Weems v. Celebration Church of Jacksonville, Inc. , (FL Cir. Ct., Sept. 28, 2022), a Florida state trial court dismissed on ecclesiastica...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Messianic Jewish Missionaries May Proceed With Their Defamation Suit

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In One for Israel v. Reuven , (SD FL, Sept. 26, 2022), a Florida federal district court in a defamation case held that Messianic Jewish miss...