RE'ESE ADBARAT DEBRE SELAM KIDEST v. HABTE

No. 21-CV-0262.

300 A.3d 784 (2023)

RE'ESE ADBARAT DEBRE SELAM KIDEST MARIAM ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH, INC., Appellant, v. Aklilu HABTE, Martha Kassa Engida, Metenu Tesfa, Tezaku D. Tegene, Elias Meaza, Kassa T. Biru, Beza Asrat Tadesse, Girma Tiruneh, Tesfaye Asseged, Addisu Abebe, Mengesha Achame, Tadele G. Wolde, Abraham Habtie Selassie, Ameha Desta, Zelalem Anteneh Habte, and Hailu Zeleke Lebu, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Lyon, Jr. , McLean, VA, with whom Robert N. Kelly , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Donald L. Thompson , Little Rock, AR, with whom T. Michael Guiffré , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before Beckwith and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Glickman, Senior Judge.


This appeal arises from disputes between members of the Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidest Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church over the governance of the Church by its Board of Trustees. In October 2015, the Board filed a Superior Court lawsuit in the name of the Church against parishioners who were challenging the Board...

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