SOTV v. HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

No. C3-00-1518.

626 N.W.2d 436 (2001)

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HASTINGS, a Minnesota Non Profit Corporation, Respondent, v. HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HASTINGS, Minnesota, a Minnesota Non Profit Corporation, and Greg Collins, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy S. Kimmel, Tim Nolan, Eric Magnuson, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

George L. May, May Law Offices, Hastings, MN, for appellants.

Considered and decided by TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge, SHUMAKER, Judge, and PORITSKY, Judge.


OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge

This lawsuit arises out of an intra-congregational dispute that resulted in the congregation of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church (SOTV) voting to separate; the creation of a new church, Hope Lutheran Church (Hope); and SOTV's congregation voting to transfer SOTV's church property to Hope.

SOTV filed suit alleging that it had suffered damages as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty by its former vice president...

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