Legal Opinion
Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church, Inc. v. Morales
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 18, 1992No. Civ. A 92 CA 089PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SPARKS, District Judge.
This case involves serious issues of the rights of freedom of religion and of association under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, Article 1 § 6 of the Texas Constitution, and the governmental rights of the State of Texas in enforcing its laws regarding non-profit corporations chartered under state law.
On November 21, 1991, ABC’s Prime Time Live published a television network special involving, in part, the Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church, Incorporated, and Robert G. Tilton, two of the three plaintiffs in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Vernon v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Vernon v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church, Inc. v. Dan Morales, Attorney General of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Pastors Protecting Youth v. MadiganDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2017
- Tilton v. Capital Cities/ABC Inc.District Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1995
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