VONROSENBERG v. LAWRENCE

No. 14-1122.

781 F.3d 731 (2015)

The Right Reverend Charles G. VONROSENBERG, individually and in his capacity as Provisional Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Right Reverend Mark J. LAWRENCE; John Does 1-10, being fictitious defendants whose names presently are unknown to Plaintiff and will be added by amendment when ascertained, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. , Hellman Yates & Tisdale, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Charles Alan Runyan , Speights & Runyan, Beaufort, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jason S. Smith , Hellman Yates & Tisdale, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Andrew S. Platte , Speights & Runyan, Beaufort, South Carolina; Henrietta U. Golding , McNair Law Firm, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Charles H. Williams , Williams & Williams, Orangeburg, South Carolina; David Cox , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee The Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge WYNN joined.


This appeal arises from a dispute between two clergymen. Each believes himself to be the proper leader of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina. Bishop Charles G. vonRosenberg brought this action against Bishop Mark J. Lawrence, alleging two Lanham Act violations and seeking declaratory...

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