Legal Opinion
Mikilak v. Orthodox Church in America
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 29, 1986No. Appeal, 78 T.D. 1985PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Colins,
This case involves a dispute over the right to possession of church property of St. Basils Russian Orthodox Church of Simpson, Pennsylvania. Appellants are parish members of St. Basils who seek relief from an injunctive order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County granting possession of St. Basil’s to the Orthodox Church in America 1 and other parties in interest (appellees). The congregation of St. Basil’s seeks to leave the Orthodox Church in America and join the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (Church Abroad). They seek to do so because…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Presbytery of Beaver-Butler v. Middlesex Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- St. John Chrysostom Greek Catholic Church v. ElkoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- St. Michael & Archangel Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church v. UhniatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church, Inc. v. TownsendCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
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