Legal Opinion
In Re the Bible Speaks
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 30, 1987No. 18-14832PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Elizabeth Dovydenas (the “Claimant”) asserts a $6.5 million claim against The Bible Speaks, the Debtor in this Chapter 11 proceeding. She alleges that the contributions she made to the Debtor in this amount were made without donative intent and were induced by undue influence and fraud. The Debtor has objected to her claim, and a trial on the objection has been scheduled. The matter now before the Court is the Debtor’s request for a determination, prior to trial, of questions pertaining to the free exercise of religion clause of the First…
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