WEAVER v. WOOD


425 Mass. 270 (1997)

ELIZABETH A. WEAVER & another v. HARVEY W. WOOD & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Shapiro, of Illinois (Damian R. LaPlaca with him) for the defendants.

Cerise H. Lim-Epstein (Mary M. Diggins with her) for the plaintiffs.

Douglas Laycock, of Texas, William L. Patton, & Laurie R. Wallach for Americans United for Separation of Church and State & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.


MARSHALL, J.

Two members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston (Church)3 seek to challenge decisions of the directors of the Church and its publishing arm, The Christian Science Publishing Society (Publishing Society), to expand the Publishing Society's activities in the electronic media. The plaintiffs claim that the defendants failed to abide by the Church's relevant governing...

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