New Orleans Craft Temple, Inc. v. Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

12Plaintiffs, current and former members of masonic-affiliated organizations, filed suit against defendants, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons (“Grand Lodge”) and individual officers or members of the Grand Lodge, arising out of the implemented disciplinary procedure, resulting in plaintiffs’ expulsion, suspension, or reprimand from the defendant-organization, Grand Lodge. Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s judgment sustaining defendants’ exceptions of no cause of action, dismissing plaintiffs’ suit. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial…