BROWNLOW v. RICHARDS

No. 1-01-3386.

767 N.E.2d 482 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 833

263 Ill.Dec. 31

Deacon Clarence BROWNLOW, District Elder Chester Hudson, Elder Eugene Price and Sister Loncie McCray, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bishop A.C. RICHARDS, Marcenia J. Richards, Lela Walker, Marie Oliver, Michael Morris and A.C. Richards, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. Living Witnesses of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., Intervenor and Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bishop A.C. Richards, Marcenia J. Richards, Lela Walker, Marie Oliver, Michael Morris and A.C. Richards, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., Chicago (James A. Serritella, James C. Geoly, Jay S. Dobrutsky, Kristin J. Lemmon, of counsel), for Appellant.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago (William T. Barker, Derrick M. Kedziora, Eva Lopez-Paredes, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal involves a dispute over control of the Bethlehem Healing Temple Church in Chicago and its non-profit corporation, Bethlehem Healing Temple Church, Inc. (hereinafter Bethlehem and Bethlehem, Inc.). Because we find that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter its orders of September 7 and September 13, we vacate those orders.

The record on appeal establishes the following facts...

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