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MOUNT GIDEON BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. v. ROBINSON

Nos. 2001 CA 0749, 2001 CA 0750.

812 So.2d 758 (2002)

MOUNT GIDEON BAPTIST CHURCH, INC., Individually and through its Board of Directors, Lawrence Hollins, Ledora Butler, Lloyd Hills, Wesley Williams, Joe B. Dunn and Lucille Hollins v. Gerard A. ROBINSON, Alvin Dunn and Scottie Thompson Mount Gideon Baptist Church, Inc. and Reverend Gerard Robinson v. Rosemary Hollins, Lucille Hollins and Joe B. Dunn.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Berggreen, Baton Rouge, for Appellants Reverend Gerard A. Robinson, Alvin Dunn and Scottie Thompson.

Robert D. Ligon, Clinton, for Appellees Mount Gideon Baptist Church, Inc., Individually and through its Board of Directors, Lawrence Hollins, Ledora Butler, Lloyd Hills, Wesley Williams, Joe B. Dunn and Lucille Hollins.

Before: FITZSIMMONS, DOWNING and LANIER, JJ.

DOWNING, J.

The Reverend Gerard A. Robinson and his associates appeal a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction enjoining Rev. Robinson from "interfering with the church affairs of Mt. Gideon Baptist Church, Inc." The main issues presented concern whether the trial court has impermissibly interfered with a church's ecclesiastical matters in violation of the United States and Louisiana constitutions. Concluding the no issue of doctrinal controversy is involved...

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