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CHRIST CHURCH v. BP. OF EPISCOPAL DIOCESE

No. S10G1909.

718 S.E.2d 237 (2011)

290 Ga. 95

RECTOR, WARDENS and VESTRYMEN OF CHRIST CHURCH IN SAVANNAH et al. v. BISHOP OF the EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF GEORGIA, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson & Creasy, Neil Alan Creasy , Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Paul W. Painter, Jr. , Savannah, Winston & Strawn, Gordon A. Coffee , Willaim P. Ferranti , Steffen N. Johnson , for appellants.

Elliot, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C., James L. Elliott , Valdosta, Withers & Lake, Thomas A. Withers , Gillen, David B. Beers , Mary E. Kostel , for appellees.

McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Hugh B. McNatt , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, David H. Gambrell , John Hinton IV , Joshua D. Hawley , John E. Tomlinson , Allen, Forehand & Adams, Jon Vincent Forehead , Moultrie, Edwards & Youmas, Brenda C. Youmas , Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner, Nicholas C. Moraitakis , Atlanta, Jones, Cork & Miller, W. Warren Plowden, Jr. , Macon, McGuire Woods, William B. Marianes , amici curiae.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over control of property belonging to the oldest church in Georgia, Christ Church in Savannah ("Christ Church"), with a history spanning almost three centuries. As with so many hierarchical church property disputes that end up in court, this case had its genesis in doctrinal positions taken by the general denomination—the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ("Episcopal Church")—that...

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