Legal Opinion
Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 4, 1976No. 75-292PublishedCited by 1,006 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
In 1963, the Holy Assembly of Bishops and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Mother Church) *698suspended and ultimately removed respondent Dionisije Milivojevich (Dionisije) as Bishop of the American-Canadian Diocese of that Church, and appointed petitioner Bishop Firmilian Ocokoljich (Firmilian) as Administrator of the Diocese, which the Mother Church then reorganized into three Dioceses. In 1964 the Holy Assembly and Holy Synod defrocked Dionisije as a Bishop and cleric of the Mother Church. In this civil action brought by Dionisije and the other respondents in Illinois Circuit…
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