Legal Opinion
Miceli v. Stromer
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided December 29, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-C-835PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARRIGAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Gilbert and Monica Miceli commenced this action alleging that the defendants Universal Life Church, Inc. (“ULC”) and Peter R. Stromer fraudulently induced them to seek unsuccessfully a goal prized by some second only to eternal salvation: tax-exempt status as a religious charitable organization.
According to the complaint, ULC was a corporation established to organize and operate a religious order or “church” whose members, for a fee, could become ordained ministers, receive doctorate degrees in religious humanities, biblical studies, divinity,…
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