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12 Aug 2020, 5:01 am by Rachael Hanna
On July 20, the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear en banc Fazaga v. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Tulsa, Oklahoma v. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 9:26 am by Aurora Barnes
The First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Tulsa, Oklahoma v. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:54 pm by Howard Friedman
Presbyterin Church (U.S.A.),  (KY App., July 28, 2017), a Kentucky appellate court applied the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine to dismiss a defamation suit brought by Roger Dermody, the minister who had been employed to oversee the mission work of Presbyterian Church (USA). [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 7:26 am by Tom Smith
The latest is that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 3:14 pm by Steve Bainbridge
The NY Times reports that: After passionate debate over how best to help break the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted on Friday at its general... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 8:08 am
Presbyterian Church U.S.A., issued August 30, 2012 from the Texas Court of Appeals, lays out the church law principles that govern these cases in a way that is easy to understand. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 12:28 pm
When the combined churches promulgated a new Book of Order following their union, they kept the trust provision of the southern branch, but they adopted an "opt-out" clause which allowed any presbytery not previously subject to the trust clause (i.e., the presbyteries who had previously belonged to UPCUSA) to send notice to PCUSA (within eight years of the union) that it elected not to be subject to the new Section G-8.0201, which provided:All property held by or for a… [read post]
24 Nov 2011, 9:51 am
Nahmias; he also wrote the opinion for the 4-3 majority in the case of Timberridge Presbyterian Church, which the Court decided the same day. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 3:12 pm by Nonprofit Blogger
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 255 P3d 645 (2011), that reversed a trial court decision involving real property owned by a church. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 3:41 pm
The presbyteries in each case staked their claim on arguments of express and implied trust, basing themselves on this language from the Book of Order (constitution) of the PCUSA:All property held by or for a particular church, a presbytery, a synod, the General Assembly, or the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), whether legal title is lodged in a corporation, a trustee or trustees, or an unincorporated association, and whether the property is used in programs of a… [read post]
11 May 2011, 4:09 am by Michael Perry
"After 33 years of debate, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted to change its constitution and allow openly gay people in same-sex relationships to be ordained as ministers, elders and deacons. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 8:03 am
Meanwhile, PCUS, of which it was a member, had reunited with another branch (the "United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. [read post]