Legal Opinion
Park Slope Jewish Center v. Congregation B'Nai Jacob
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 12, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, for a judgment of possession and eviction, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (G. Aronin, J.), dated June 13, 1995, as denied its motion for summary judgment, and the defendant cross-appeals from so much of the same order as denied its cross motion for summary judgment and instead dismissed the complaint on the ground that it presents an ecclesiastical issue which the courts cannot resolve.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly determined that the dispute between…
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- Park Slope Jewish Center v. Congregation B'nai JacobNew York Court of Appeals · 1997