Legal Opinion
West v. Belin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 12, 1993No. 93-205Published
1Opinion of the Court
858 S.W.2d 97 (1993)
314 Ark. 40
Reverend G. Edward WEST, Appellant,
v.
Bishop Henry Allen BELIN, Jr., Appellee.
No. 93-205.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
July 12, 1993.
Charles Karr, Fort Smith, for appellant.
Richard L. Mays, Little Rock, for appellee.
GLAZE, Justice.
This case arises from a dispute between Reverend G. Edward West, an itinerant elder and member of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and Bishop Henry Allen Belin, who presided over the Twelfth Episcopal District (Arkansas and Oklahoma) of the AME Church. The AME Church is a hierarchical church with the power of the church reposed…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In re BerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
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