Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Edwards
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 22, 2002No. 01-2337PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Jane Holmes Dixon is the Bishop Pro Tempore of the Diocese of Washington, one of approximately a hundred such entities constituting the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America (the “Episcopal Church” or “the Church”). Defendant Samuel L. Edwards is an ordained Priest of the Church who claims entitlement to the office of Rector of St. John’s Parish in Accokeek, Maryland, a parish within the Diocese of Washington (“St.…
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