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VONROSENBERG v. LAWRENCE

No. 15-2284.

849 F.3d 163 (2017)

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: February 21, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. , HELLMAN YATES & TISDALE, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Henrietta U. Golding , MCNAIR LAW FIRM, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jason S. Smith , HELLMAN YATES & TISDALE, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. C. Alan Runyan , Andrew S. Platte , SPEIGHTS & RUNYAN, Beaufort, South Carolina; Charles H. Williams , WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, Orangeburg, South Carolina; David Cox , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON & HELMS, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Bennett joined.

This dispute between two clergymen — each claiming to be the Bishop of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina — comes to us a second time. Bishop Charles G. vonRosenberg initiated this action, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. He alleges that Bishop Mark J. Lawrence...

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