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PEARSON v. CHURCH OF GOD

No. 24541.

325 S.C. 45 (1996)

478 S.E.2d 849

Frank C. PEARSON, Petitioner, v. The CHURCH OF GOD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Bright and D. Chris Lauderdale, of Haynsworth, Baldwin, Johnson and Greaves, Greenville, for Respondent.

Graves H. Wilson, Jr., Greenville, for Petitioner.

TOAL, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Pearson v. The Church of God, 318 S.C. 417, 458 S.E.2d 68 (Ct.App.1995), which held that the lower court erred by adjudicating this "quintessentially ecclesiastical" matter, in violation of the United States and South Carolina Constitutions. We affirm in result the Court of Appeals' decision to reverse this case.

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