Legal Opinion
Yost v. Western Pennsylvania—West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 6, 1992No. Civ. A. 86-2117Published
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
LEWIS, District Judge.
After hearing evidence and argument during a non-jury trial in the above-captioned case, and after having reviewed and considered the parties’ post-trial submissions, the court enters the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. In 1984, defendant (the “Synod”) comprised an organization of Lutheran churches in the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia regions affiliated with the Lutheran Church in America.
2. In June and July of 1984, three national church organizations, including the Lutheran Church in…
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