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CALVARY PRES. CHURCH OF BALTIMORE CITY v. PRESBYTERY OF BALTIMORE

No. 1114, September Term, 1977.

39 Md. App. 405 (1978)

386 A.2d 357

THE CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BALTIMORE CITY ETC., ET AL. v. THE PRESBYTERY OF BALTIMORE OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Topper for appellants.

Richard W. Kiefer and Dorothy M. Beaman for appellees.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MORTON and MOORE, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The commandment of Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679, 20 L.Ed. 666 (1871), addressed to the courts, is that thou shalt not delve deeply into jurisdictional disputes among churches.1 That precept is a direct outgrowth of the First Amendment's fiat that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting...

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