Legal Opinion
Antioch Temple, Inc. v. Parekh
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1981PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hennessey, G.J.
This case involves a dispute over the control and use of church property by rival factions within the church. In 1975, Antioch Temple, Inc. (Antioch), and Edward L. Tompkins, as pastor and president of Antioch, sought an order in Superior Court to require Edith Hay Parekh and her husband Nalinikant Parekh to reconvey to Antioch real estate at 40-44 Williams Street, Cambridge, that had been transferred to her solely on the understanding that it be held in trust for Antioch. In 1978, appellant Ivory Miles moved to intervene, claiming that he, not Tompkins, was the true pastor and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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