Legal Opinion
Foss v. Dykstra
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 1982No. 13547PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSHEIM, Justice.
The controversy between the parties to this action is the result of doctrinal differences which caused the membership of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church of Lennox, appellant (local church), to withdraw from the denomination of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, appellee (national church). This action involves ownership of the local church assets. The national church instituted this action praying for a return of the local church property and that the individually named defendants be ordered to cease acting as the Session of the Ebenezer Church.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- 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
- Presbytery of Huron v. GordonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Decker Ex Rel. Decker v. Tschetter Hutterian Brethren, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
- Foss v. DykstraSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
- Aglikin v. KovacheffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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