Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Rock Creek Baptist Church
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 2, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-1134 (CRR)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
Before the Court is “what the courts have recognized as the most intractable of disputes — a church fight.” First Baptist Church v. Ohio, 591 F.Supp. 676, 680-81 (S.D.Ohio 1983). The central issue in this lawsuit by a “lifelong” Rock Creek Baptist Church (“RCB Church”) member against RCB Church (as well as its Pastor and its Secretary) is whether the plaintiff is a member of RCB Church. In response to the defendants’ decision to terminate her membership, the plaintiff sued for declaratory and injunctive relief (to establish that she is an…
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