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ROBERTS-DOUGLAS v. MEARES

Nos. 89-CV-55, 89-CV-354.

624 A.2d 405 (1992)

Shirley ROBERTS-DOUGLAS, et al., Appellants, v. John L. MEARES, et al., Appellees. EVANGEL TEMPLE, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Shirley ROBERTS-DOUGLAS, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Mahoney and William E. Nelson, with whom John N. Hanson, Shelley V. Lucas, and Sherlee Stanford Nelson were on the briefs, for appellants in No. 89-CV-55 and appellees in No. 89-CV-354.

B. Michael Rauh, with whom Carroll D. Hauptle, Jr. was on the briefs, for appellees in No. 89-CV-55 and appellants in No. 89-CV-354.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB, and WAGNER, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

I

THE CONTROVERSY

This case involves allegations by the plaintiffs, nine former parishioners of the Evangel Temple, formerly located in northeast Washington, of fraudulent and coercive conduct on the part of leaders of the church in connection with fund-raising for a proposed new facility. In their complaint, as amended, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants, who include the Temple, its bishop (John L. Meares), and...

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