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15 Apr 2010, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Lawyers argued over whether a "division" had occurred in the Episcopal Church, and whether the Convocation of Anglican Churches in North America (CANA) is a "branch" of the Church. [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 8:35 pm
The jury found for the diocese on an issue that was critical to all other issues in the case-- whether the diocese engaged in fraud when it asserted that Moyer "abandoned the communion of the Episcopal Church" in 2002. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 7:14 am by Howard Friedman
  In the case, the 5-member South Carolina Supreme Court in 5 separate opinions resolved a property dispute that arose after a split in the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Lawrence, (D SC, Jan. 15, 2014), a South Carolina federal district court denied a motion for reconsideration of its August 2013 decision to abstain and decline jurisdiction over a trademark infringement case growing out of the controversy between a large break-away portion of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the smaller number of parishes that remain loyal to The Episcopal Church. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 4:47 pm
This case is the first of its kind in America and could set a precedent allowing clergy in religious institutions to sue their superiors in a civil court as opposed to a church court.The judge, Joseph Smyth, was not sure if the case belonged to the church court purview or the civil court purview. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 2:30 pm
In the first, it awards to the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia the property of Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia's oldest Anglican church, which predates the founding of ECUSA itself. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 11:15 pm
Virtue Online reported yesterday that 47 parishes and missions of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (TX) have filed an Original Plea in Intervention (full text) in the lawsuit between The Episcopal Church and the break-away Diocese of Fort Worth. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Lawrence, (D SC, Aug. 23, 2013), a South Carolina federal district court declined to exercise jurisdiction over a trademark infringement case growing out of the ongoing controversy between a large break-away portion of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the smaller number of parishes that remain loyal to The Episcopal Church. [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 9:50 am
It is planning-- after the initial agreement's expiration next Wednesday-- to take steps to claim the property of all nine churches while it is considering each church's situation on a case by case basis. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 10:39 am
Some of the parishes involved in this case are among the oldest in the nation and predate both the American Revolution and the formation, in 1789, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (“the national Episcopal Church”). [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 1:49 am
It indicates that many of the cases may turn on the validity and interpretation of trust clauses in church documents. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 12:10 am
This is one of about 60 cases involving break-away Episcopal congregations in recent years. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 6:18 am
The Episcopal Church, et al., in the Adams County Circuit Court. [read post]
4 Sep 2010, 7:32 am
Two of the important cases involving the Episcopal Church (USA)'s claims to church property have recently been postponed by the courts.In the Hood County case in Texas, involving the pseudo-diocese of Fort Worth's claims on a bequest from the Cynthia Brants trust to St. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 3:20 pm
Instead, it claimed, the bank accounts belong to members who remain loyal to the Episcopal Church USA and the Colorado Diocese. [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Protestant Episcopal Church, (Docket No. 13-449, cert. den. 3/10/2014). [read post]