Jump directly to the Content

Legal Developments

Issues that affect ministers and churches

Limit By:

State	Title	Category
1–20 of 24 Matches Page:12 Next > Sort By:
	Accusations of Defamation May/June 2007	Church Members; Defamation
	Bankruptcy March/April 1990	Bankruptcy; Church Members
	Can a Church Dismiss Members Who Sue the Church? November/December 1992	Church Members; First Amendment
	Church Finance Disputes March/April 2010	Church Members; Defamation; First Amendment
	Churchgoer’s Criminal Stalking Conviction Vacated Due to Free Speech Concerns October 2019	Church Members
	Civil Court Did Not Have the Authority to Resolve a Lawsuit Brought by a Former Minister Against Denominational Officials September/October 1988	Church Membership - Discipline and Removal ; Clergy - Discipline and Removal
	Court Barred from Ruling on Suit Brought by Former Church Members May/June 2019	Church Members
	Court Intervention in Church Legal Disputes May/June 2012	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Members
	Court Intervention in Church Legal Disputes July/August 2012	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Members
	Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Resolve the Claims of Parishioners January/February 1988	Church Members; First Amendment
	Court Rules First Amendment Bars Its Involvement in Defamation Claim Against Couple’s Former Pastor and Church July/August 2017	Church Members; Defamation
	Dealing with Disruptive Individuals During Church August 2019	Church Members
	Disruptive Church Members March/April 2007	Church Members
	Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court from Intervention in Dispute over Church Bylaw Compliance September/October 2017	Church Members; Clergy - Selection; Judicial Resolution of Church Disputes
	Expelled Church Members Sue Church, Directors and Officers March/April 2009	Charters, Constitutions, and Bylaws; Church Members
	Federal Court Barred from Resolving Dismissed Member's Lawsuit September/October 2013	Church Members
	First Amendment Bars Court from Resolving Dismissed Member’s Lawsuit May/June 2019	Church Members; Defamation
	Informing Church Members of Disciplinary Action November/December 2010	Church Members; Defamation
	Inspecting Church Records March/April 2007	Church Members; Church Records; Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Inspection of Church Membership Lists March/April 2013	Church Members; Invasion of Privacy
1–20 of 24 Matches Page:12 Next > Sort By: