Serbian Orthodox Church Congregation of St. Demetrius v. Kelemen

This case is before the court upon remand by the Supreme Court of the United States for further consideration in light of that court’s decision in Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church (1969), 393 U. S. 440, 89 S. Ct. 601.

Before a controversy arose in 1963, both plaintiff and defendants were a part of the church membership of the Serbian Orthodox Church Congregation of St. Demetrius of Akron, Ohio. The plaintiff is now an unincorporated association in possession and control of the church property and uses the church name. Defendants…