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RUSSIAN CHURCH OF KAZAN v. DUNKEL

33 N.Y.2d 456 (1974)

Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan et al., Respondents, et al., Plaintiff, v. Andrew Dunkel et al., Appellants. Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan et al., Appellants, v. Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Rand for appellants.

Theophil D. Krehel and G. Kenneth Brown for respondents in the first above-entitled action.

Joseph E. Moukad and Lawrence X. Cusack for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Judge RABIN taking no part.

STEVENS, J.

These actions were tried jointly and raise the common question of which of two factions of parishioners of the Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Kazan) is entitled to control the parish and its properties. The answer to this question will determine which of two competing hierarchies has overall supervision or jurisdiction over Kazan. In searching for the answer we look to the organization and development...

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