JACOBS v. MALLARD CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, INC.

No. 3:02CV9-MU.

214 F.Supp.2d 552 (2002)

George JACOBS, Plaintiff, v. MALLARD CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, INC., Presbytery of Charlotte, Inc., Dr. Alan Elmore, Karen Bohr, Melony Brown and Ramona Suire, Defendants,

United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

June 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian R. Troy, W. Frank Porter, Helms & Henderson, P.A., Charlotte, NC, for George Jacobs.

E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, Parmele P. Calame, Poyner & Spruill, Charlotte, NC, Steven A. Rowe, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Rocky Mount, NC, for Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church, Inc., Karen Bohr, Ramona Suire.

Julian Hugh Wright, Jr., Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, NC, E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, Parmele P. Calame, Poyner & Spruill, Charlotte, NC, Steven A. Rowe, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Rocky Mount, NC, for Presbytery of Charlotte.

Parmele P. Calame, Poyner & Spruill, Charlotte, NC, John T. Jeffries, Mcangus, Goudelock & Courie, Charlotte, NC, for Alan Elmore.

John T. Daniel, Charlotte, NC, for Melony Brown.


ORDER

MULLEN, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court upon Defendant Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church's ("Mallard Creek") Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Defendants move to dismiss Plaintiff's complaint on the grounds that the court is forbidden from inquiring into matters relating to the church's internal government and judicial process pursuant to the First Amendment of the...

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