Legal Opinion
Jessica Shannon v. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church U.S.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 1, 2015No. 14-14-00359-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUBSTITUTE OPINION
Martha Hill Jamison, Justice
We issued our original opinion in this case on July 21, 2015. Appellee filed a motion for rehearing. We overrule the motion for rehearing, withdraw our previous opinion, and issue this substitute opinion.
We are asked to decide whether ecclesiastical immunity can shield a church from contractual liability when the subject contract does not. implicate church doctrine. In seven issues, appellant Jessica Shannon •challenges, the trial court’s grant of appel-lee Memorial, Drive Presbyterian Church's plea to the jurisdiction and- motions for summary…
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