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PATTERSON v. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH

No. C9-85-2199.

389 N.W.2d 729 (1986)

L.J. PATTERSON, et al., Appellants, v. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Roby, Jr., Greg C. Gilbert, Duluth, for appellants.

Mark L. Knutson, Duluth, for respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by WOZNIAK, P.J., and HUSPENI and RANDALL, JJ., with oral argument waived.

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

L.J. Patterson, et al., (Patterson) appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to respondent, dismissing Patterson's claims. Patterson sued Bethel for reinstatement of his membership after Bethel terminated his membership citing "an organic division" in the church. The Minnesota Baptist Conference affirmed the finding that Bethel was "organically divided." The trial court found that the dispute was doctrinal and that...

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