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Court allows challenge to intracongregational dispute

April 9, 2012August 17, 2017by Law Meets Gospel in LMG Content, schism

Religion Clause posts this: Court Decides It Can Adjudicate Church’s Factional Dispute
This is a very interesting decision based on the absence of religious arguments in the parties’ dispute.

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