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Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church

396 U.S. 1041 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1970-01-19 Docket No. 384 English

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Presbyterian Church in the United States et al. v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church et al.
Robert B. Troutman, Charles L. Gowen, A. Felton Jenkins, Jr., and Frank S. Cheatham, Jr., for petitioners. Frank B. Zeigler and James Edward McAleer for Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church et al., and Owen H. Page for Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church et al., respondents. George Wilson McKeag for Thompson et al., and Jackson A. Dykman for Hines, as amici curiae in support of the petition. Alfred J. Schweppe for Laurelhurst United Presbyterian Church, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging denial of the petition.

Sup. Ct. Ga. Motion to use record in No. 71, October Term, 1968, granted. Motion of William P. Thompson, Stated Clerk of General Assembly of United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Motion of Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, Presiding Bishop of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.