Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecclesiastical abstention. Show all posts
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, 20225), a Tennesse...
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...
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...