Legal Opinion

Mount Jezreel Christians Without a Home v. Board of Trustees of Mount Jezreel Baptist Church

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 30, 1990No. 89-143PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is a complicated, emotional dispute between members of a church congregation and the governing board of the church. The sole issue before us, however, is whether the trial court was correct when it dismissed the plaintiffs’ suit on the ground that they did not have standing to bring it. Because we hold that six of the named plaintiffs do indeed have standing and four others have at least a colorable claim to standing, and because the status of one plaintiff cannot be determined on the present record, we reverse the dismissal and remand the case for further…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Ehrenhaft v. Malcolm Price, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Hooker v. Edes HomeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Cabaniss v. CabanissDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Williams v. Mount Jezreel Baptist ChurchDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Kelsey v. RayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. Prince v. FirmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. Jaswant Sawhney Irrevocable Trust, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2020

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