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Laumalie Ma'Oni'Oni Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga v. Ma'Afu

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided March 21, 2019No. 20170637-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

APPLEBY, Judge:

¶1 This case involves a church property dispute between dissident members of the Tongan United Methodist Church (TUMC) and various representatives of the United Methodist denomination, including the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church (the RMC). 1 TUMC is a Utah nonprofit corporation functioning as a local United Methodist congregation since 1978. The RMC is the United Methodist denomination's regional representative in Utah.

¶2 In 2012, a group of TUMC members purported to amend TUMC's articles of incorporation by removing any reference to the United…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. Jeffs v. StubbsUtah Supreme Court · 1998
  5. ASC Utah, Inc. v. Wolf Mountain Resorts, L.C.Utah Supreme Court · 2010

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Church of Tonga v. Division of CorporationsCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2022

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