Legal Opinion
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic St. Peter v. Burdikoff
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 1962No. 1558PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunsicker, J.
An appeal on questions of law and fact has been lodged in this court from a judgment entered by the Common Pleas Court of Lorain County, Ohio. In this court the case is being tried de novo on the same testimony and exhibits presented to the trial court.
The temptation is very great to detail the history of the Orthodox Greek Catholic Churches of the Eastern Confession. The historical development of Christianity in the eastern churches is a subject that is not stressed in our schools, yet out of the Greek Catholic Churches much of the early foundation of the Christian Church was formed. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Kreshik v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church of North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Trustees of Pencader Presbyterian Church v. GibsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
- Presbytery of Bismarck v. AllenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1946
- Puckett v. JesseeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
- New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. FisherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Brady v. ReinerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1973
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States of America & Canada v. OcokoljichAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- St. John's Greek Catholic Church v. FedakNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan v. DunkelNew York Supreme Court · 1971
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