HUTTERVILLE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN, INC. v. SVEEN

No. 13-3160.

776 F.3d 547 (2015)

HUTTERVILLE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN, INC., a South Dakota nonprofit corporation; George Waldner, Sr.; Tom Waldner; Kenneth Waldner, individually and as officers and directors of Hutterville Hutterian Brethren, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Jeffrey T. SVEEN; Rodrick L. Tobin; Harvey C. Jewett; Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P., a South Dakota limited liability partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 13, 2015.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bradley Olsen , argued, Minneapolis, MN ( Court J. Anderson , Minneapolis, MN, Steven Daniel Sandven , Sioux Falls, SD, on the brief), for Appellant.

Robert B. Anderson , argued, Pierre, SD ( Thomas G. Fritz , Rapid City, SD, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, LOKEN and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


This case publishes a new chapter in the legal struggle for control of Hutterville Hutterian Brethren, Inc. (Hutterville), a South Dakota religious nonprofit corporation whose members have split into factions, mirroring a larger division in the Hutterite religion. Though both factions claim the right to control Hutterville, the...

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