Legal Opinion
St. Paul Church, Inc. v. Board of Trustees
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 2006No. Nos. S-11641, S-11661PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
St. Paul Church, Inc., formerly a local affiliate of The United Methodist Church, was discontinued as a United Methodist Church by the Alaska Missionary Conference of The United Methodist Church. Following the discontinuance, a dispute arose between St. Paul Church and the Alaska Missionary Conference over two parcels of property that St. Paul Church acquired when it was affiliated with The United Methodist Church. Applying an approach that relied on neutral principles of law to this issue of first impression in Alaska-how property disputes should be…
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