Legal Opinion
Episcopal Church in Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 11, 2011No. SC 18719PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
In this property dispute between members of a local parish and the church with which they were affiliated, the named defendant, Ronald S. Gauss, 1 and twelve other defendants who are present or former officers or vestry members of Bishop Seabury Church 2 (Parish) and hold themselves out as continuing to serve in that capacity, 3 appeal from the trial court’s granting of summary judgment and declaratory and injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiffs, The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut (Diocese), the Reverend Canon David Cannon, 4 the Parish and The…
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