Legal Opinion

Archbishop v. KARLAK

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeal, 291PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This appeal is from a final decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County.

Appellants are a group of former officers of Sts. Peter and Paul Q-reek Catholic Church, Mount Carmel. Appellee is Ambrose Senyshyn, Archbishop of Philadelphia Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in the United States, who instituted this action in equity for the purposes of restraining appellants from interfering with the operation of the church and of obtaining an accounting of certain church money allegedly held by them.

No purpose is served by…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Starling v. West Erie Avenue Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. McLaughlin v. MonaghanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Universal Builders Supply, Inc. v. Shaler Highlands Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Jones Memorial Baptist Church v. BrackeenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  5. Township of North Whitehall v. KellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Rizzo v. HainesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Tiernan v. DevoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
  3. Rothman v. FilletteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Acheson v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  5. Reutzel v. DouglasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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