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KRAL v. SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER REGULAR OF ST. FRANCIS OF CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES

No. 84-5048.

746 F.2d 450 (1984)

Lillian KRAL, Appellant, v. SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER REGULAR OF ST. FRANCIS OF the CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Harman, La Crosse, Wis., for appellant.

Donald M. Jardine, Gerald M. Linnihan and Graham Heikes, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, Minn., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the District Court's1 dismissal of a complaint alleging that the defendant, an order of sisters in the Roman Catholic Church, had wrongfully expelled the plaintiff from membership. We affirm.

The theory of the complaint is that the plaintiff was mentally ill at the time of her expulsion, and that canon law prohibits expulsion in this situation. Plaintiff's case was considered by the highest church...

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