Legal Opinion
Reid v. Gholson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 8, 1985No. Record 840057PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
This appeal is an outgrowth of a protracted and complex dispute between two factions in the membership of a congregational church. Both factions, at various times, resorted to the courts. Among other things, the court below appointed a commissioner in chancery to “run and oversee” a congregational meeting to insure its fairness. The sole question presented on appeal is whether that ruling was an unwarranted breach of the principle of separation of church and state embodied in art. I, § 16 of the Constitution of Virginia and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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