1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 789 F.2d
  5. 789 F.2d 392 (1986)
 

HUTCHISON v. THOMAS

No. 85-3051.

789 F.2d 392 (1986)

The Rev. O. Lloyd HUTCHISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Rev. James S. THOMAS; The Rev. Merlin D. Vining; The Rev. Thomas L. Cromwell; The Rev. Richard L. Burns and the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church; The Board of Ordained Ministry of the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, and The Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Leb (argued), Arthur S. Leb, Amerman, Burt, & Jones Co., Canton, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rex W. Miller, Douglas N. Godshall, Ellen Loth, Canton, Ohio, Samuel W. Witwer (argued), Witwer, Moran, Burlage, & Witwer, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges and GILMORE, District Judge.

GILMORE, District Judge.

This is an action brought by appellant, an ordained Methodist minister, challenging his enforced retirement under Church disciplinary rules. The defendants are a Bishop of the Methodist Church and three of his subordinates, the Judicial Council of the Church, as well as the East Ohio Conference of the Church and the Board of Ordained Ministry of the Conference. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases