Legal Opinion
Committee to Save St. Brigid v. Egan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 29, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara R. Kapnick, J.), entered February 14, 2006, which, upon the prior grant of defendant’s cross motion pursuant to CELR 3211, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered on or about February 6, 2006, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed within the appeal from the ensuing judgment.
The court properly found that the disposition of the church property and funds at issue were matters within defendant’s ecclesiastical authority and, accordingly, that the relief sought by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. v. St. Barnabas HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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