Legal Opinion
St. Union Baptist Church, Inc. v. Howard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 13, 2016No. 1141132 and 1141212PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
The Clarke Circuit Court dismissed both the claims asserted by St. Union Baptist Church, Inc. (“the corporation”), against Reverend James M. Howard, Sr., and the counterclaims asserted by Howard against the corporation and its directors after concluding that their dispute was ecclesiastical in nature and outside the jurisdiction of the court. We affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the corporation’s claims, but we reverse its dismissal of Howard’s counterclaims.
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St. Union Baptist Church (“the church”) has existed in Clarke County for over 100 years.1 Traditionally, its…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. HodurskiSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
- Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church v. NixonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Blount v. Sixteenth St. Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Yates v. El Bethel Primitive Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
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