LAWSON v. UNITED HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE

Civ. A. No. 38634.

252 F.Supp. 52 (1966)

Bishop Paul A. LAWSON, Elder Noble Harris, Elder Randall Roberts, and Elder James Long, Trustees of the True Grace Memorial House of Prayer for all People, Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith, an unincorporated association v. UNITED HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE OF the CHURCH ON the ROCK OF the APOSTOLIC FAITH, a District of Columbia religious corporation, and Walter McCullough, as Bishop and principal Officer of United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith, a District of Columbia religious corporation.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm W. Berkowitz, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Carlyle M. Tucker, Philadelphia, Pa., Richard Z. Steinhaus and Stephen Hochhauser, New York City, for defendants.


DAVIS, District Judge.

The matter now before the court is a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. There is no need to enumerate in detail the basis of the complaint since it appears that diversity of citizenship is lacking, thus depriving this court of jurisdiction over the subject matter.

The complaint is first of all deficient in that the citizenship of none of the plaintiff trustees of the unincorporated...

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