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WEST v. BELIN

No. 93-205.

858 S.W.2d 97 (1993)

314 Ark. 40

Reverend G. Edward WEST, Appellant, v. Bishop Henry Allen BELIN, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Karr, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Richard L. Mays, Little Rock, for appellee.

GLAZE, Justice.

This case arises from a dispute between Reverend G. Edward West, an itinerant elder and member of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and Bishop Henry Allen Belin, who presided over the Twelfth Episcopal District (Arkansas and Oklahoma) of the AME Church. The AME Church is a hierarchical church with the power of the church reposed in its bishops with the highest judicial body being the Judicial Council. The church's organizational structure...

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