Dlaikan v. Roodbeen

Defendants Henry Roodbeen, Clara Seeley, and St. Pius School appeal by leave granted from the circuit order that denied their motion for summary disposition, which had asserted that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the action. We reverse and order the dismissal of plaintiffs’ claims against defendants.

This is an action by three families against various representatives of the St. Pius School and the school itself. Plaintiffs brought their action to challenge the decision of Father Henry Roodbeen, pastor of the Parish of St. Pius X, not to accept plaintiffs’ children as…