Legal Opinion
Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Inc. v. Kahana
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2007PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
The central issue in this appeal is whether resolution of an election controversy between two rival factions of a religious congregation can be achieved through the application of neutral principles of law without judicial intrusion into matters of religious doctrine. Like the trial court and Appellate Division, we conclude that it cannot.
Congregation Yetev Lev D’Satmar, Inc. is a community of Orthodox Judaism known as Satmar Hasidism located in Brooklyn. The Congregation was founded in 1948 by Grand Rabbi (also referred to as Rebbe) Joel Teitelbaum and formally…
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