Legal Opinion
Prince v. Firman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1990No. 89-213PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
The question presented in this appeal is whether a District of Columbia statutory provision that church property revert to the contributors of the property upon dissolution of the church violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. 1 The provision in question, D.C.Code § 29-911 (1981), is part of a chapter dealing with “Religious Societies” and reads:
Upon the dissolution of any society or congregation the estate and property of such society or congregation shall revert back to the persons, their heirs, and assigns who may have given or contributed to the…
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