MARKS v. ESTATE OF HARTGERINK

No. 93-1624.

528 N.W.2d 539 (1995)

John B. MARKS, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Kenneth HARTGERINK, John J. Schneiderman, Marvin H. Westendorf, and Leslie Van Raden, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Isenberg, Ames, for appellant.

Stephen J. Powell and Samuel C. Anderson of Swisher & Cohrt, Waterloo, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

A church member, whose church membership had been taken away, sued church officials for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The district court granted the church officials' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case. On appeal, we affirm.

I. Background.

In 1990 John B. Marks' membership in the Trinity Reformed Church of Allison, Iowa (Trinity) was suspended and he was later excommunicated...

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