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CHURCH OF LORD JESUS CHRIST v. SHELTON

740 A.2d 751 (1999)

CHURCH OF the LORD JESUS CHRIST OF the APOSTOLIC FAITH, INC. and Anthoneé J. Patterson, Member and Kevin Brooks, Member and Roland Patterson, Member and Tammie Brooks, Member and Unnamed Members of the General Assembly of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith v. Roddy J.N. SHELTON, II and George Leaks and Hall Cirwithian and Grant Cirwithian and Rafael Yelventon and William Ragsdale, Sr., and Arthur Hair and Warren Coles and William Ragsdale, Jr. and John Bryant and Lonce Scott and James Simmons and Anderson Ingram and Christopher Knight and Donald Polk and Bryant Ragsdale and Levi Peters and Bernard Jamison and Frank Matthews and Marcus Nelson and Minnie Carty and Yvonne Epps and Carolyn Taylor and Jean Scarborough and Gloria Moses and Hannah Fullman and Lydia Barnes and Sharon McDowell and Joyce Bryant and Angeline Polk and Betty Polk and Roberta Cirwithian and Lisa Peters and all other Unnamed Dissident Members of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon W. Tucker, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Fincourt B. Shelton, Darby, for appellees.

Before KELLEY, J., FLAHERTY, J., and JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.

KELLEY, Judge.

Appellants1 appeal from a final order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (Delaware County Court) which ordered that the dispute over the leadership of the "Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith" is to be settled by an election. We vacate and transfer.

The complex nature and history of this case is as follows. The Trustees of the General Assembly...

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