Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina v. Episcopal Church
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
ACTING JUSTICE PLEICONES:
This is an appeal from a circuit court order holding that the Appellants have no legal or equitable interests in certain real and personal property located in South Carolina, and enjoining the Appellants from utilizing certain disputed service marks and names. In this lead opinion I explain why I would reverse the entire order.
*215The Respondents are the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina (Disassociated Diocese); the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina (Trustees); and thirty-six individual parishes that have aligned…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Masterson v. Diocese of Northwest TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2013
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