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SMITH v. CHURCH OF GOD AT LOCUST VALLEY, ETC., MARYLAND

Civ. Nos. 20511, 20702.

326 F.Supp. 6 (1971)

G. Marion SMITH and Arthur E. Eakin, President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the General Eldership of the Churches of God in North America, Individually and as such officers and representatives of the members of said denomination v. The CHURCH OF GOD AT LOCUST VALLEY BETHEL OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND, a corporation, and Eugene Burge, Individually. G. Marion SMITH and Arthur E. Eakin, President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the General Eldership of the Churches of God in North America, Individually and as such officers and representatives of the members of said denomination v. FIRST CHURCH OF GOD, OF KNOXVILLE, FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND, and Ralph Jamison, Individually.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

January 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Fisher, Westminster, Md., Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C., and James H. Booser, Harrisburg, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Marvin M. Polikoff, Baltimore, Md., and Omer T. Kaylor, Jr., Hagerstown, Md., for defendants.

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these two cases,1 Dr. G. Marion Smith and Dr. Arthur E. Eakin, are citizens of Pennsylvania and are, respectively, the President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the General Eldership of the Churches of God in North America. In one of the cases, the defendants are The Church of God at Locust Valley (Locust Valley), a Maryland corporation, and Eugene Burge, its pastor and a citizen...

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