PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH v. GRAVES


161 N.J. Super. 230 (1978)

391 A.2d 563

THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY, THE TRUSTEES OF CHURCH PROPERTY OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THE RIGHT REVEREND ALBERT W. VAN DUZER, PLAINTIFFS, v. THE REVEREND STANWOOD E. GRAVES, DONALD S. MOORE, CAROLYN B. LORINCZ, GEORGE ROUSSEAU, ALPHEUS OAKES, WILLIAM E. VACTOR, SR., MICHAEL BROWN, JOANNA CHILD, JOHN HOOK, GORDON GRISWOLD, HOWARD OAKLEY, WALTER K. SMITH, AND THE RECTOR, WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF SAINT STEPHEN'S PARISH OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided February 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Wood Goldsack for plaintiffs (Messrs. King, King and Goldsack, attorneys).

Mr. Daniel J. Matyola for defendants (Messrs. Wharton, Stewart & Davis, attorneys).

Mr. William B. Ball, of the Pennsylvania Bar, for defendants (Messrs. Ball & Skelly, attorneys).


ACKERMAN, J.S.C.

This matter is before the court on the return date of plaintiffs' order to show cause why certain temporary restraints imposed by this court on September 30, 1977 should not be continued. Plaintiffs have filed a motion for the imposition of certain additional restraints. Defendants have moved for summary judgment or in the alternative for an order vacating the temporary restraints.

Plaintiffs are the New Jersey Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal...

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