Legal Opinion
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church v. Tanios
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 3, 1991No. 2-90-0547PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Unverzagt
This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County entered on cross-claims to determine which of two factions has the right to control the administrative and financial affairs of the corporate plaintiff, the St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Chicago. This church, which is located in Burr Ridge, Illinois, is the Chicago parish of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt (the Church). St. Mark’s will be referred to herein as the Chicago parish.
We will refer to the first of the two factions seeking control as the Church faction. That faction is comprised of the individual…
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