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CALIFORNIA-NEVADA CONFERENCE v. ST. LUKE'S

No. F041778.

17 Cal.Rptr.3d 442 (2004)

121 Cal.App.4th 754

CALIFORNIA-NEVADA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ST. LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Denied December 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doyle, Penner, Bradley & Watson, Peter Sean Bradley and Randall M. Penner, Fresno, for Defendants and Appellants.

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, Robert M. Shannon and Claudia J. Robinson, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

ARDAIZ, P.J.

This case involves the issue of who controls a local church's property when the local church (here, appellant St. Luke's United Methodist Church) ends its affiliation with a national or worldwide religious denomination (here, the United Methodist Church). After a non-jury trial, the trial court ruled that the local church held the church property in trust not only for the use and...

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