Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Leads to Dismissal of Church Property Dispute

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In Atlantic Korean American Presbytery v. Shalom Presbyterian Church of Washington, Inc. ,  (VA App., March 11, 2025), a Virginia state appe...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Civil Courts Can Decide Dispute Over Catholic Organization's Bylaws

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In Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools, Inc. v. Blair,  (CT App., Feb. 25, 2025), a Connecticut state appellate court held th...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Title VII Applies to Liberty University's Firing of Transgender Employee

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In Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc. ,  (WD VA, Feb. 21, 2025), a Virginia federal district court refused to dismiss a Title VII sex discri...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

9th Circuit En Banc Affirms Dismissal of James Huntsman's Fraud Claims Against LDS Church

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 31, 2025), the U.S. 9th Ci...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Negligence Claim Against Army Chaplain Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Winder v. United States ,  (ND TX, Jan. 17, 2025), a Texas federal district court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine requir...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply To Pastor's Defamation Suit

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In Garner v. Southern Baptist Convention ,  (TN App., Jan. 8. 2025), a Tennessee state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstenti...
Friday, January 03, 2025

Church's Claims Against Parent Body Can Largely Be Decided on Neutral Principles of Secular Law

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 In Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church of Wilmington v. North Carolina Conference, Southeastern Jurisdiction, of the United Methodist Chur...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Pastor's Allegations of Sham Investigation to Oust Him

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 In Weems v. Association of Related Churches ,  (MD FL, Dec. 19, 2024), a Florida federal district court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstent...
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...