Legal Opinion
Roth v. May Ex Rel. Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 11, 1986No. Appeal, 3623 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
This case is the companion of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clairton v. Bishop Kenneth May, on behalf of the Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 3797 C.D. 1984, filed this day. Both cases arise out of actions of the pastor and some members of a local church congregation, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clairton (Trinity Lutheran), taken in what they believed to be the interests of unemployed steel workers in the Monongahela Valley of Western Pennsylvania.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roberts v. School Dist. of ScrantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Zebra v. Pittsburgh School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Furmanski v. IwanowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Kaminski v. HoynakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Commonwealth ex rel. Roth v. KozakiewiczCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church v. MayCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Kelly v. Lutheran Church in AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991