Legal Opinion
In Re the Bible Speaks
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 19, 1987No. 19-10258PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ALLOWING CLAIM OF ELIZABETH DOVYDENAS
JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Elizabeth Dayton Dovydenas (the “Claimant”) seeks the return of several large contributions made to The Bible Speaks (the “Church”). The Church is a debtor in this Chapter 11 proceeding primarily because of this claim, having prevailed in its opposition to the Claimant’s motion to dismiss the proceeding. See In re The Bible Speaks, 65 B.R. 415 (Bankr.D.Mass.1986). The Court has conducted a three week trial of the claim, after extensive discovery proceedings by both parties that produced much acrimony. By…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re the Bible Speaks, Debtor. Elizabeth Dovydenas v. The Bible SpeaksCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- In Re MartinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1987
- The Bible Speaks v. DovydenasDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1988