Harpinder Singh, Jagjit S. Gill, and Baldev Singh v. Gurnam Singh Sandhar, Inqlabi Thandi, Daljit Singh, Baljinder Singh Bhatti, Sodagar Singh Virk, and Baljinder Singh

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison, Justice

This is a dispute over membership in a Sikh temple. In three issues, appellants Harpinder Singh, Jagjit S. Gill, and Baldev Singh challenge the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees Gumam Singh Sandhar, Inqlabi Thandi, Daljit Singh, Baljinder Singh Bhatft Soda-gar Singh Virk, and Baljinder Singh based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine. 1 Concluding the trial court lacked jurisdiction over all the claims in this lawsuit, we vacate the judgment and dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Background

The Gurudwara…