Legal Opinion
Jones v. Wolf
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 27, 1979No. 33126PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
1. The decision of this court in Jones v. Wolf, 241 Ga. 208 (243 SE2d 860) (1978), has been vacated, and the case has been remanded to this court for further proceedings. Jones v. Wolf, 47 USLW 4962 (1979).
2. Georgia has adopted for use in church local schism cases a "presumptive rule of majority representation, defeasible upon a showing that the identity of the local church is to be determined by some other means.” Jones v. Wolf, supra, 47 USLW at 4965. That presumption is overcome under Georgia law by an application of what has come to be known as "neutral principles”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Crumbley v. SolomonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Sapp v. CallawaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
3Cited by26 opinions
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- Alicea v. NTS.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1990
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