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BURGESS v. ROCK CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

Civ. A. No. 88-1134 (CRR).

734 F.Supp. 30 (1990)

Elizabeth J. BURGESS, Plaintiff, v. ROCK CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Nelson and Sherlee Stanford Nelson of Nelson & Nelson, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

William P. Lightfoot of Koonz, McKenney & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

Before the Court is "what the courts have recognized as the most intractable of disputes—a church fight." First Baptist Church v. Ohio, 591 F.Supp. 676, 680-81 (S.D.Ohio 1983). The central issue in this lawsuit by a "lifelong" Rock Creek Baptist Church ("RCB Church") member against RCB Church (as well as its Pastor and its Secretary) is whether the plaintiff...

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