Legal Opinion
Bishop and Diocese of Colorado v. Mote
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 13, 1986No. 83SC104PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Bishop & Diocese of Colorado v. Mote, 668 P.2d 948 (Colo.App.1983) (Mote), involving a dispute over the control of the real and personal property of St. Mary’s Church in Denver. The case arose as a result of the decision of a majority of the members of St. Mary’s to secede from the national church, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), because of differences over doctrine. The group remaining loyal to the general church 1 brought suit to determine the rights to…
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