Hutterville Hutterian Brethren v. Jeffrey Sveen

RILEY, Chief Judge.

This case publishes a new chapter in the legal struggle for control of Hutterville Hutterian Brethren, Inc. (Hutterville), a South Dakota religious nonprofit corporation whose members have split into factions, mirroring a 'larger division in the Hutterite religion. Though both factions claim the right to control Hutterville, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled this issue is not constitutionally determinable by secular courts under either the federal constitution or the state constitution because the questions of corporate governance cannot be answered without delving…