Showing posts with label Church property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church property. Show all posts
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...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Michigan Passes Institutional Desecration Ban

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 Last week, the Michigan legislature gave final passage to HB 4476 ( full text ) ( legislative history ) which creates the crime of "in...
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...
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...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

8th Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Federal Ban on Damaging Religious Real Property

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In United States v. Hari , (8th Cir., May 10, 2023), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality under the Commerce C...
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...
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...
Saturday, September 03, 2022

Church's Attempt To Separate From Parent To Avoid Receivership Was Fraudulent

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In Pentecostal Church of God v. City of Refuge Ministries Toledo Ohio , (OH Com. Pl., Aug. 15, 2022), an Ohio state trial court held that th...
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...
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...
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Kentucky Governor Signs Bill Protecting Houses Of Worship During Emergencies

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Yesterday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law House Bill 43 ( full text ) that prohibits the governor, during a state of emerge...
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...
Friday, May 28, 2021

Church's Suit Against Bank Dismissed On Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In  Eglise Baptiste Bethanie De Ft. Lauderdale, Inc. v. Bank of America, N.A. , (FL App., May 26, 2021), a Florida state appellate court, in...
Monday, March 22, 2021

Court Continues 30-Year Old Church Factional Dispute

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In Trustees of the General Assembly of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. v. Patterson ,  (ED PA, March 19, 2021), a Pennsyl...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Church's Appeal of Bank's Interpleader Is Dismissed

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United Community Bank v. Wakefield Missionary Baptist Church ,   (NC App., March 16, 2021), involves a dispute over who is entitled to bank ...
Friday, March 05, 2021

Synod May Take Over Property of Defunct Church

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In Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Trinity Lutheran Church of Kankakee , (IL App., March 2,...
Monday, February 22, 2021

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari In Church Property Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in two related cases, All Saints Episcopal Church v. Diocese of Fort Worth  (Docket No. 20-534) a...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

RLUIPA Bars City's Enforcement of Parking Lot Restrictions On Church

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In Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church, Inc. v. City of St. Pete Beach, Florida ,  (MD FL, Jan. 26, 2021), a Florida federal district court...