Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2026

Maryland Supreme Court: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Eviction of Defrocked Bishop From Parsonage

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In  Eritrean Orthodox Tweahdo Diocese of USA and Canada v. Sinoda , (MD Sup. Ct., July 23, 2026), the Maryland Supreme Court held that the e...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Texas Court Holds That Hindu Temple's Bylaws Are Invalid

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In Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Austin v. Lam ,   (TX Bus. Ct., July 14, 2026), the Texas Business Court's holding that a non-profit co...
Friday, July 17, 2026

Pastor's Suit for Breach of Contract and Defamation Is Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Lovelace v. Mt. Zion Baptist Church , (MI App., July 15, 2026), a Michigan state appellate court, invoking the ecclesiastical abstention...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Suit Charging Misrepresentation of Use of Tithed Funds Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Leach v. Gateway Church , (ED TX, June 23, 2026), a Texas federal district court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds a class a...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Some Claims for Football Injuries at Catholic School Are Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstenition Doctrine

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In In re Fort Bend Christian Academy , (TX App., June 23, 2026), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctr...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Limited Discovery Allowed to Determine If Case Turns on a Religious Question

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In Gaskins v. McLean Bible Church ,  (VA Ct. App., May 19, 2026), a Virginia state appellate court allowed dissident members of a non-denomi...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Florida Appellate Court Questions Hierarchical Deference Approach to Church Property Disputes

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 In First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound, Florida v. Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Churc...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Nevada Supreme Court Interprets Scope of Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Singh v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ,  (NV Sup. Ct., April 2, 2026), a 3-judge panel of the Nevada Supreme Cou...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Pastors' Defamation Suit Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Nieto v. Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, Inc.,   (VA App., March 31, 2026), a Virginia state appellate court held that the ecclesiastic...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Certiorari Denied in Unification Church Dispute

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International v. Moon, (Docket No. 25-6...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Alabama Supreme Court Orders Trial Courts to Hear Claims of United Methodist Conference In Deciding Church Property Ownership

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In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., March 6, 2026), the Alabama Supreme Court b...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Priest's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Local Church's Property Held in Trust for Parent United Methodist Church

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In French Broad United Methodist Church v. Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ,  (TN App., Oct. 31, 2025), a Tennessee...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Court Cannot Require Congregational Vote on Disaffiliation from Methodist Parent Body

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In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., Oct. 31, 2025), the Alabama Supreme Court i...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Battle Over Congregations' Disaffiliations Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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 In   United Methodist Rio Conference Board of Trustees v. Alice First Methodist Church ,  (TX App., Oct. 29, 2025), a Texas state appeals c...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

NY Court Dismisses Suit by Parishes Challenging their Bishop's Decision to Close Them

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In  Rozak v Diocese of Buffalo , (NY Erie County Sup. Ct., Sept. 26, 2025), a number of Catholic parishes sued the Diocese of Buffalo in an ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Court Refuses to Dismiss Case on Misappropriation of Tithed Funds Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Leach v. Gateway Church ,  (ED TX, Sep. 17, 2025), a Texas federal district court refused to dismiss a class action suit on behalf of Ga...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Pastor's Suit for Reinstatement Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Kyles v. Church of God in Christ ,  (TX App, Aug. 21, 2025), a Texas state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention ground...
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Suit Between Unification Church Factions

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In Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International v. Hyun Jin Moon ,  (DC Ct. App., July 3, 2025), the District of Columbia...
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...