Legal Opinion
Reese, Charles E. v. General Assembly of Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided March 14, 2014No. 05-12-01303-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice EVANS.
Charles E. Reese appeals from a judgment which granted Appellees’ plea to the jurisdiction. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On September 18, 2009, Pastor Charles Reese entered into an employment agreement with Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (“Church”). The agreement provided that Reese would serve as pastor of the Church for a five-year period with the possibility of two additional five-year terms. In July 2011, the Church terminated Reese’s employment.
Reese then filed a lawsuit against appel-lees for breach of contract and intentional infliction of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- County of Cameron v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In re Episcopal Sch. of Dall., Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Beth Yeshua Hamashiach v. Malaika Adan, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2015
- Jessica Shannon v. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church U.S., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2015
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Symphuel Anderson, Beverly Davis and Patricia Mays v. Merle Flakes, Eloise Square, Mary Jo Evans, Annie Katherine White, Ella Mae Rollins, Eddie Abney, Gwedolyn Brown, Mark Horton, David Pailin, Sr., Dee Patterson and Penny White, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2020
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