Legal Opinion
Morris v. Scribner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
This action arises from a dispute between New York City’s St. Bartholomew’s Church, its rector, church wardens and vestrymen, and a minority of the church’s parishioners who oppose the proposed construction of a high-rise commercial office tower on a portion of the church’s Park Avenue property. On this appeal, plaintiff parishioners seek a declaratory judgment determining that defendants have used church funds for purposes other than the "support and maintenance” of the church, in violation of Religious Corporations Law § 5, and an order enjoining further…
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