TRINITY EV. L. CH. OF CLAIRTON v. MAY

No. 3797 C.D. 1984.

98 Pa.Commw. 112 (1986)

510 A.2d 914

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clairton, Inc., a non profit corporation and Rev. D. Douglas Roth, Wayne Cochran, Harry Dinkel, Nadine Roth, Joann Reilly, Rebecca Fosbrink and William Fosbrink, Appellants v. Bishop Kenneth R. May on Behalf of the Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Crawford, Jr., for appellants.

Roger C. Wiegand, with him, Kenneth K. Kilbert, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, and James J. Dodaro and Dennis R. Biondo, for appellees.

Argued March 12, 1986, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., and Judges ROGERS, CRAIG, MACPHAIL, BARRY, COLINS and PALLADINO.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, June 11, 1986:

This case is the companion of Reverend D. Douglas Roth v. Bishop Kenneth R. May, on behalf of the Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 3623 C.D. 1984, filed this day. Both cases arise out of the actions of the pastor and some members of a local church congregation, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clairton, Inc. (Trinity Lutheran), as sponsors or members of a group or movement...

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