Legal Opinion
Marks v. Estate of Hartgerink
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 29, 1995No. 93-1624PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
A church member, whose church membership had been taken away, sued church officials for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The district court granted the church officials’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case. On appeal, we affirm.
I. Background.
In 1990 John B. Marks’ membership in the Trinity Reformed Church of Allison, Iowa (Trinity) was suspended and he was later excommunicated in a disciplinary action taken by Trinity’s governing body. Trinity is a part of the national organization, the Reformed Church of America. The national…
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