Legal Opinion
First Baptist Church of Glen Este v. State of Ohio
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided October 24, 1983No. Civ. C-1-82-1403PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID S. PORTER, Senior District Judge.
I
This is an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs are an independent Baptist Church and several named members of the Church, including the minister, Reverend E. Paul Miller and three deacons. The remaining defendant is the Honorable Louis J. Schwartz, Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Clermont County, Ohio.
The gravamen of plaintiffs’ ease is that the Common Pleas Court, by the issuance of certain orders in state court proceedings, assumed defacto control of internal church matters. This state action is alleged to constitute excessive…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Dennis v. SparksSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Burgess v. Rock Creek Baptist ChurchDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
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