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PRESBYTERY OF SEATTLE, INC. v. ROHRBAUGH

No. 41167.

79 Wn.2d 367 (1971)

485 P.2d 615

THE PRESBYTERY OF SEATTLE, INC., et al., Respondents, v. JAMES R. ROHRBAUGH et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 3, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug & Tausend, Peter E. Paget, and Alfred J. Schweppe, for appellants.

Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Douglas P. Beighle, and Robert A. Yothers, for respondents.

Malcolm S. McLeod, amicus curiae.

ROSELLINI, J.

The United Presbyterian Church is an association of local Presbyterian churches governed by a hierarchy which includes, in ascending order, the Session (composed of the pastor and the elders of the local church), the Presbytery (composed of all the pastors and at least one elder from each of the churches within a defined district), the Synod (composed of representative pastors and elders from the Presbyteries within a geographical

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