Legal Opinion
Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 24, 1952No. 3PublishedCited by 652 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The right to the use and occupancy of a church in the city of New York is in dispute.
The right to such use is claimed by appellee, a corporation created in 1925 by an act of the Legislature of New York, Laws of New York 1925, c. 463, for the purpose of acquiring a cathedral for the Russian Orthodox Church in North America as a central place of worship and residence of the ruling archbishop “in accordance with the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of Eastern Confession as taught by the holy scriptures, holy tradition, seven oecumenical councils and holy…
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