IN RE ELSINGHORST BROS. CO., INC.

Bankruptcy No. 93-11592 B.

180 B.R. 52 (1995)

In re ELSINGHORST BROS. CO., INC., Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penney, Maier, Mandel, Wallach & Crowe (Mark S. Wallach, of counsel), Buffalo, NY, for Trustee.


CARL L. BUCKI, Bankruptcy Judge.

Ecclesiastical standards usually have no relevance to the interpretation of civil law. The present case, however, is one of those rare instances in which this Court must apply a statutory rule to the unfamiliar structure of a religious organization. Specifically at issue is whether a congregation of religious nuns may assert individual rights that are normally denied to corporations.

In this Chapter 7 proceeding, the trustee...

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