Legal Opinion
Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc. v. OPC, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 2010No. 82A02-1003-MF-339PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Chief Judge.
In this appeal, a local congregation that was a part of the national Presbyterian Church petitioned to leave the national Church. When the governing Church body indicated that it might not permit the local congregation to retain the property on which it was situated, the local congregation truncated the process and refused to acknowledge the Church's right to the property. The dispute made its way into the judicial system, and we now conclude that because (1) the local congregation was part of the national Church and accepted the benefits of being part of a national…
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- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. v. CobbIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Price v. MerrymanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1970
- United Methodist Church v. St. Louis Crossing Independent Methodist ChurchIndiana Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc. v. OPC, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2012
- Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc. v. OPC, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2012
- The Presbytery of Ohio Valley, Inc., d/b/a The Presbytery of Ohio Valley, d/b/a Ohio Valley Presbytery v. OPC, Inc., f/k/a Olivet Presbyterian Church, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2012