Episcopal Dispute in Maryland Spills into Federal Court

[Vance R. Koven]

At 10:08 AM 8/15/01 -0700, David Guinn wrote:
>I cannot imagine the Court addressing the
>ecclesiastical laws per se, unless they were
>specifically incorporated in a contract addressing
>property issues.

I was under the impression that courts occasionally take jurisdiction over
cases involving breaches of the organizational instruments of church
entities, in the manner of intra-corporate disputes. At least under current
popular theory, this amounts to a contract issue among the participants.


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