Legal Opinion
Hutchison v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1986No. 85-3051PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMORE, District Judge.
This is an action brought by appellant, an ordained Methodist minister, challenging his enforced retirement under Church disciplinary rules. The defendants are a Bishop of the Methodist Church and three of his subordinates, the Judicial Council of the Church, as well as the East Ohio Conference of the Church and the Board of Ordained Ministry of the Conference. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
In his original complaint, appellant raised a number of grievances against defend*393ants, including contentions that…
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