Legal Opinion
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church of Hastings v. Hope Lutheran Church of Hastings
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided May 8, 2001No. C3-00-1518PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge
This lawsuit arises out of an intra-con-gregational dispute that resulted in the congregation of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church (SOTV) voting to separate; the creation of a new church, Hope Lutheran Church (Hope); and SOTV’s congregation voting to transfer SOTV’s church property to Hope.
SOTV filed suit alleging that it had suffered damages as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty by its former vice president and the current president of Hope, Gregory Collins. A jury found that Collins had breached his fiduciary duty to SOTV and awarded SOTV monetary and…
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