JEMISON v. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION

Nos. 95-CV-972, 95-CV-973, 95-CV-1031, 96-CV-414, 96-CV-415, 96-CV-593, 96-CV-620.

720 A.2d 275 (1998)

T.J. JEMISON, et al., Appellants, v. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC., et al., Appellees. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC., et al., Appellants, v. T.J. JEMISON, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry A. Moore, III, and John D. Maddox, Washington, DC, for appellants T.J. Jemison and Jo A. Fleming.

Philip J. Harvey, Washington, DC, for appellant Felix N. Nixon.

Clifton S. Elgarten, with whom Laurel Pyke Malson, James J. Regan, Amy J. Mauser, and Monica G. Parham, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellees, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., and Henry J. Lyons, et al.

Before TERRY and REID, Associate Judges, and KING, Associate Judge, Retired.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The Alabama State Baptist Missionary Convention, Inc., and its president, Dr. Felix Nixon, filed a complaint against the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (NBC), and others, alleging breach of contract and seeking injunctive relief. Along with the complaint, they filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent the transfer of authority from NBC's prior president, Dr. T.J. Jemison, to its newly elected president, Dr. Henry...

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