| 24-530 |
Bethesda University, et al. v. Seungje Cho, et al. |
California |
2024-11-12 |
Denied |
Amici (13) |
board-membership church-state-separation ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-institution religious-qualifications |
Does the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine bar courts from adjudicating the religious qualifications of the leaders of a religious institution? |
| 23-1030 |
Mississippi District Council for Assemblies of God v. Kevin Beachy, et al. |
Mississippi |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
church-governance ecclesiastical-abstention ecclesiastical-authority first-amendment hierarchical-church intra-church-dispute jurisdictional-limits neutral-principles religious-freedom standing |
Whether the First Amendment deprives courts of jurisdiction to enforce the ecclesiastical decisions of religious authorities in an intra-church disput… |
| 23A639 |
Mississippi District Council for Assemblies of God v. Kevin Beachy, et al. |
Mississippi |
2024-01-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
church-governance denominational-dispute ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment hierarchical-church property-control |
Whether the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause precludes state courts from resolving internal church … |
| 23-732 |
Richard Plishka v. William Skurla, et al. |
Ohio |
2024-01-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-courts civil-procedure constitutional-law ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-freedom standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the First Amendment doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention operates to deprive civil courts of subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 23A293 |
Richard Plishka v. William Skurla, et al. |
Ohio |
2023-10-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-organizations secular-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction watson-v-jones |
Whether the doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention under the First Amendment operates to deprive secular courts of subject-matter jurisdiction over dis… |
| 20-1415 |
Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon v. Hak Ja Han Moon, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure collusion court-jurisdiction ecclesiastical-abstention fraud fraud-exception legal-doctrine religious-organization religious-organizations tortious-conduct |
Whether there is an exception to this Court's ecclesiastical abstention doctrine that allows courts to resolve disputes over whether control of a reli… |
| 20-9 |
Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Puri, et al. v. Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights corporate-law de-novo-review due-process ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment ministerial-exception standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment |
May a court of appeals on de novo review refuse to decide a claim predicated on a failure of non-religious corporations to comply with neutral princip… |
| 18A1261 |
Marcus Turner, Sr., et al. v. Alva C. Hines, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
church-autonomy civil-courts ecclesiastical-abstention fiduciary-duties first-amendment religious-doctrine |
Whether the First Amendment's ecclesiastical abstention doctrine precludes civil courts from adjudicating internal church disputes involving alleged f… |
| 18-1441 |
Presbyterian Church U.S.A. v. Brian Edwards, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, et al. |
Kentucky |
2019-05-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
church-autonomy church-constitution civil-rights defamation ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment free-speech ministerial-role religious-doctrine supremacy-clause |
Whether the First Amendment requires state courts to dismiss suits immediately upon a showing that the claim turns upon the interpretation or applicat… |
| 18-636 |
The Pure Presbyterian Church of Washington, et al. v. The Grace of God Presbyterian Church |
Virginia |
2018-11-16 |
Dismissed |
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church-property civil-procedure constitutional-competence ecclesiastical-abstention establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise merger-analysis neutral-principles religious-freedom religious-organizations subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the trial court's determination that Grace Presbyterian was the successor church to Pure Presbyterian, which was held to have been extinguishe… |