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1 Aug 2013, 8:26 pm
Accordingly, when a presbytery acts under G-8.110301i of the PCUSA Book of Order "to divide, dismiss, or dissolve churches in consultation with their members", all the presbytery can do is either divide one PCUSA church into two PCUSA churches, dismiss a PCUSA church to membership in another Presbyterian denomination, or dissolve a church as a member church of the PCUSA. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Presbyterian Church USA, and the United Methodist Church – have condemned the perverse incentives involved in for-profit incarceration, often emphasizing the inherent conflict between the goal of rehabilitation and the company's profit motive. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 9:26 am by Howard Friedman
Sebelius, (WD PA, March 6, 2013), the court held that while the non-profit, Reformed Presbyterian Church-sponsored Geneva college had standing to challenge the mandate, its lawsuit should be dismissed for lack of ripeness. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 9:00 am by P. Andrew Torrez
Cobb has sued Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Richmond, VA, alleging that the church fraudulently misrepresented the state of the church's financial health, staff, and parishioners in hiring him away from a New Jersey church in 2009. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 1:13 pm by John Elwood
  That case concerns three eighteen- to twenty-year-olds who robbed a Presbyterian Church at gunpoint (during which one of their guns, as predestined, discharged); they now argue it is a clearly established rule that judges cannot take into account their own religious beliefs when sentencing a defendant. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 12:09 pm
Supreme Court was denied in June 2012, along with a Presbyterian case from Georgia [132 Sup.Ct. 2773])14. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 8:08 am
First, the court found that the PSCUSA is a hierarchical church (not a tough call). [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 5:19 am by Eugene Volokh
First, the facts: After 30 years of marriage [during all but the first year of which they lived in the U.S.], Faramarz (“Fred”) Soleimani, petitioner, known as a local restauranteur, sought and obtained a divorce from his wife of thirty years, Zohreh Bahmani, on February 19, 2008. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 9:00 am by Dan Gauss
At first, I felt powerless to object. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 7:00 am
Presbytery of Blackhawk of the Presbyterian Church, 918 N.E.2d 1184 (2d Dist. 2009). [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 9:19 am by Dan Gauss
First, Presbyterians are united with all other Christians in seeing that the inherent dignity of humanity comes from its relationship to the Creator. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 9:07 am
  This problem arises in the case of hierarchical churches, such as the Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Church. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 9:21 am by Calvin Massey
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and Timberridge Presbyterian Church v. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 9:02 am by Gordon Johnson
  I guess the best way to explain it is: I go to church at First Presbyterian, and they always have a little session before church goes. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 1:56 pm by Matthew Bush
James Anglican Church et al.Reply of petitioners Timberridge Presbyterian Church, Inc. v. [read post]
8 May 2012, 3:51 pm by Eugene Volokh
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits a civil court from resolving issues concerning religious doctrine and practice (Presbyterian Church v Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 [1969]; Kelly v Garuda, _____ AD3d _____ [2d Dept 2007]; 2007 WL [60334]; Sieger v Sieger, 297 AD2d 33 [2d Dept 2002])…. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 11:36 pm
In addition, The Falls Church has offered to pay for the mortgage and upkeep on all of the property pending the appeal, as the price of occupying it during that time period.When the Episcopal congregation in Falls Church objected that they would have to continue to pay $750 per month to the Presbyterian Church if they could not occupy the property pending the appeal, The Falls Church offered to reimburse it for that sum as well. [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 5:13 pm
For hierarchical bodies, such as the Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, United Methodist and Presbyterian churches, it is quite a different matter. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 12:39 pm
On March 6, 2012, Timberridge Presbyterian Church of Atlanta filed a petition for certiorari (review) in the United States Supreme Court. [read post]