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POLEN v. COX

[No. 362, September Term, 1969.]

259 Md. 25 (1970)

267 A.2d 201

POLEN, STATE OVERSEER OF THE CHURCH OF GOD v. COX

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Smith and I. Winston Mezger, with whom were Howard, Brown & Williams, Mezger & Mezger, and Carl A. Muly on the brief, for appellant.

William H. Adkins, II, with whom were W. Thomas Fountain and Henry, Henry & Adkins on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

FINAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County dismissing appellant's bill of complaint for injunctive relief. The factual background of this case must be examined at some length. The Church of God is an unincorporated religious denomination with national headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee. Prior to 1966, it was the practice of the Church of God to maintain separate white and...

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