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BARR v. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Docket No. 18244.

90 Cal.App.3d 259 (1979)

153 Cal. Rptr. 322

FRANK T. BARR et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Defendant and Respondent; GEORGE HALL et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

March 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Specthrie, William S. Lerach, Gregg A. Johnson, Frederic J. Milberg, Wied, Granby & Alford, Colin W. Wied and David J. Yardley for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sullivan, Jones & Archer, John H. L'Estrange, Jr., Daniel R. Salas, Robert V. Vallandigham, Jr., William F. Fahey, Allan J. Reniche, James O. Sullivan, Witwer, Moran, Burlage & Atkinson, Samuel W. Witwer, Sr., Samuel W. Witwer, Jr., R. Dennis Claessens and Frank J. Casey for Defendant and Respondent.

Breed, Abbott & Morgan, Thomas A. Shaw, Jr., and Robert R. Elliott III as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

O'Melveny & Myers, Bennett W. Priest, Robert J. White and Adina L. Savin for Interveners and Respondents.

OPINION

WIENER, J.

The guarantees of due process of law and religious freedom under the state and federal Constitutions do not prohibit the United Methodist Church, a legal entity under Code of Civil Procedure section 388, subdivision (a), from being sued.1 We reverse the order of the trial court quashing service of summons on the United Methodist Church...

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