SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE v. MILIVOJEVICH

No. 75-292.

426 U.S. 696 (1976)

SERBIAN EASTERN ORTHODOX DIOCESE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA ET AL. v. MILIVOJEVICH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Keith F. Bode, Robert L. Graham, Thomas J. Karacic, and Henry D. Fisher.

Leo J. Sullivan III argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard J. Smith and Jerome H. Torshen.*


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1963, the Holy Assembly of Bishops and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Mother Church) suspended and ultimately removed respondent Dionisije Milivojevich (Dionisije) as Bishop of the American-Canadian Diocese of that Church, and appointed petitioner Bishop Firmilian Ocokoljich (Firmilian) as Administrator of the Diocese, which the Mother Church then...

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