Blaudziunas v. Egan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1DissentCatterson, J.
in a memorandum as follows: I must respectfully dissent. This is a dispute over the demolition of real property owned by a religious corporation. The plaintiffs in this *699case make no intrusion into ecclesiastical matters such as challenging the suppression of the parish. Indeed, the suppression, in August 2006, of the ecclesiastical entity that was Our Lady of Vilna Parish means that the focus of our analysis is a property owned by, and in the custody and control of, a legal entity, a religious corporation. That corporation is bound by the laws of this state, specifically the Religious…
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