Legal Opinion
New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 19, 1980PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This case involves a dispute over the ownership of church property arising out of a disagreement about the withdrawal of a local church from its prior affiliation with a hierarchical church organization.
New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and its resident bishop, W. Ralph Ward, Jr., brought this action against the Round Hill Community Church, Inc., of Greenwich and *274six individual defendants1 for a declaratory judgment and other legal and equitable relief to determine their interest in the church property, and to enjoin the defendants from interference with the conduct of…
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