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MT. JEZREEL CHRISTIANS v. BD. OF TRUSTEES

No. 89-143.

582 A.2d 237 (1990)

MOUNT JEZREEL CHRISTIANS WITHOUT A HOME, et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MOUNT JEZREEL BAPTIST CHURCH, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith L. Walter, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Darrel S. Parker, with whom Dovey J. Roundtree, Washington, D.C. was on the brief, for appellees.

Charles E. Williams filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is a complicated, emotional dispute between members of a church congregation and the governing board of the church. The sole issue before us, however, is whether the trial court was correct when it dismissed the plaintiffs' suit on the ground that they did not have standing to bring it. Because we hold that six of the named plaintiffs do indeed have standing and four others have at least a colorable claim to

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