Legal Opinion
General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Inc. v. MacKenzie
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 2007PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The defendant Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Incorporated (Swedenborgian)3 (the church or the Boston *833church), is a Swedenborgian church that disaffiliated from (withdrew from membership in) the plaintiff General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Inc. (the General Convention or the national body), a national denomination of congregational Swedenborgian churches. The national body commenced a civil action in the Superior Court, seeking, among other things, a judgment declaring that, under the Boston church’s bylaws, this disaffiliation triggered a transfer…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Robert Industries, Inc. v. SpenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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