Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Nelson v. Ellis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 2, 1962No. Nos. 21620-21622PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YARRUT, Judge.
These three cases have been consolidated on appeal and embody a year-long period of active litigation in the district court, beginning February 12, 1959, and ending on December 14, 1959, between two factions of a Negro Baptist Church in New Orleans.
Defendants are the Church, the Pastor and the members of the Board of Trustees elected in an alleged illegal election.
Plaintiffs-Appellants allege themselves to be bona fide financial members of the Church in good standing, and some in addition are members of the Board of Trustees (de facto) elected August 10, 1959, in an election…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Katz v. SingermanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
3Cited by7 opinions
- Lott v. Eastern Shore Christian CenterSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
- Wilkerson v. BattisteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Smith v. RileyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- State ex rel. Nelson v. EllisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Fairfield Pentecostal Church v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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