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Jones Vs. Wolf
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- US Supreme Court
- Jul 02, 1979
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U.S. 595 (1979) U.S. Supreme Court Jones v. WolfSearch
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U.S. 595 (1979) Jones v. WolfSearch
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the minority faction sought relief in federal court, but their complaint was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Lucas v. HopeSearch
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II Georgia's approach to church property litigation has evolved in response to Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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Church, 393 U. S. 440 (1969) ( Presbyterian Church I ), rev'g Presbyterian Church v. EasternSearch
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element, the implied trust theory would have to be abandoned in its entirety. Presbyterian Church v. EasternSearch
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U.S. 1041 (1970). The neutral principles analysis was further refined by the Georgia Supreme Court in Carnes v. SmithSearch
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from resolving church property disputes on the basis of religious doctrine and practice. Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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Maryland & Va. Churches v. SharpsburgSearch
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and the First Amendment. Majority rule is generally employed in the governance of religious societies. See Bouldin v. AlexanderSearch
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Carnes v. SmithSearch
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Indeed, even in Watson v. JonesSearch
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See Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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disputes over control of church property usually have been resolved under principles established by Watson v. JonesSearch
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and n. 7. Indeed, the Court indicates that Georgia, consistently with the First Amendment, may adopt the Watson v. JonesSearch
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s instructions on remand therefore allow the state courts the choice of following the long settled rule of Watson v. JonesSearch
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of federal constitutional law thus are left to the state courts for their decision, and, if they depart from Watson v. JonesSearch
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of religion in accordance with church polity and doctrine. Serbian Page 443 U. S. 617 Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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Kedroff v. SaintSearch
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id. at 344 U. S. 121 -122 (Frankfurter, J., concurring). See also Kreshik v. SaintSearch
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Maryland & Va. Eldership v. SharpsburgSearch
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within the polity chosen by the church members themselves. The classic statement of this view is found in Watson v. JonesSearch
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the civil courts enforce the authoritative resolution of the controversy within the local church itself. Watson v. JonesSearch
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approach was not approved by the Court in dismissing the appeal, Maryland & Va. Eldership v. SharpsburgSearch
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A.2d at 168-170. Rather, the state court canvassed all of these sources, and others, see Maryland & Va. Eldership v. SharpsburgSearch
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U.S. at 396 U. S. 368 . In Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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in Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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Id. at 426 U. S. 723 n. 15. Nor can the Court find support for its position in Watson v. JonesSearch
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Amendment was not considered to be applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment, and before Erie R. Co. v. TompkinsSearch
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U. S. 64 (1938), made state law applicable in diversity cases. But, beginning with Kedroff v. SaintSearch
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U. S. 116 , this Court has indicated repeatedly that the principles of general federal law announced in Watson v. JonesSearch
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rooted in the First Amendment, and are applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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Thus, in Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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Watson v. JonesSearch
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supra, at 80 U. S. 727 -729. Similarly, in Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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Accord, Kedroff v. SaintSearch
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Ante at 443 U. S. 605 , quoting Serbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Jones v. WolfSearch
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Lucas v. HopeSearch
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Presbyterian Church v. EasternSearch
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See Bouldin v. AlexanderSearch
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the Watson v. JonesSearch
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of Watson v. JonesSearch
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Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichSearch
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Kreshik v. SaintSearch
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In Presbyterian Church v. HullSearch
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Erie R. Co. v. TompkinsSearch
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