Legal Opinion

Reid v. Gholson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 8, 1985No. Record 840057Published

1Opinion of the Court

327 S.E.2d 107 (1985)

Milton A. REID, et al.

v.

Ulysses GHOLSON, et al.

Record No. 840057.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.

William M. Kunstler, New York City, James F. Gay, Norfolk (Legal Center of James F. Gay, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellants.

Edward Delk, Norfolk (Delk, Jackson & Holmes, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

RUSSELL, Justice.

This appeal is an outgrowth of a protracted and complex dispute between two factions in the membership of a congregational church. Both factions, at various times, resorted to the courts. Among other things, the court below…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church v. NixonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976

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