Legal Opinion
Wipf v. Hutterville Hutterian Brethren, Inc.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2012No. 25877PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] This dispute is the latest in a continuing struggle between two factions in a Hutterite colony. Mirroring the larger North American schism between Group 1 and Group 2 in the Schmiedeleut Hutte-rian Church, the factions here cannot agree on which Group to join. One faction purported to excommunicate members of the other, and eventually the other faction sought court dissolution of the corporation. Denying a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the circuit court found one faction’s conduct oppressive and concluded that the corporation was not…
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- Hutchison v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- State Ex Rel. Heitkamp v. Family Life Services, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
- Crocker v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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