Legal Opinion
Foss v. Dykstra
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1983No. 13678, 14006PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Justice.
These actions arise from the Ebenezer United Presbyterian Church’s withdrawal from the denomination of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA). The faction of the Ebenezer Church remaining loyal to UPCU-SA and the South Dakota Presbytery initiated this action against the schismatic faction consisting of named defendants and the Ebenezer Church corporation, seeking control of the local church’s property. 1 For the purposes of this opinion, we will refer to the former loyalist group and Presbytery as National Church and to the latter schismatic…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Presbyterian Church in United States v. Eastern Heights Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Protestant Episc. Church, Diocese of NJ v. GravesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Presbytery of Beaver-Butler v. Middlesex Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Masterson v. Diocese of Northwest TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2013
- Bishop and Diocese of Colorado v. MoteSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Saxvik v. SaxvikSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity-St. Michael's Parish, Inc. v. Episcopal Church in the DioceseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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