Legal Opinion
Hickman v. Owens
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 4, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 14732Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
O’KELLEY, District Judge.
This petition for injunctive relief came on to be heard upon the pleadings, testimony of witnesses, introduction of evidence and statements by counsel in open court. Jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity of citizenship. The A. M.E, Church is a Pennsylvania corporation which has minimum contacts with Georgia through its property holdings, Morris Brown College, Ministers and Officers traveling into Georgia, and its Presiding Bishop. The amount in controversy exceeds $10,000 for the reason *1279that petitioner’s contract rights are involved. His annual salary exceeds…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Le Duc v. Normal Park Presbyterian ChurchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- Bedenbaugh v. National Surety Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1955
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Kansas v. First English Lutheran ChurchDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1942