Legal Opinion
Knuth v. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 8, 1986No. 85-1002PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CROW, District Judge.
The case comes before the court on the defendants’ motions to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds. Defendant Karl L. Barth moves the court to dismiss all claims against him for the reason that this court lacks personal jurisdiction over him. All defendants move to dismiss Counts I and III of plaintiff’s complaint for lack of sub ject matter jurisdiction of this court. The court will first consider defendant Barth’s motion.
Plaintiff Knuth brings this action for damages relating to his removal from the clergy roster of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod…
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