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PATTON v. JONES

No. 03-04-00389-CV.

212 S.W.3d 541 (2006)

Ken PATTON, Appellant, v. Bobbie Kaye JONES, Individually; Barbara Ruth, Individually; John Wright, Individually; St. John's United Methodist Church; Oak Hill United Methodist Church; The Austin District of the United Methodist Church; and Southwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled October 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca S. Whitehouse, Law Office of Rebecca S. Whitehouse, Austin, for Appellant.

J. Shelby Sharpe, Sharpe & Tillman, Fort Worth, for Jones, St. John's, Austin District Southwest Texas Conf.

Stephen A. Wood, for Barbara Ruth, Oak Hill Methodist Church, and John Wright.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PURYEAR.

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

We grant appellees' motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion and judgment issued May 11, 2006, and substitute the following in its place.

Appellant Ken Patton urges that the trial court erred in dismissing his case for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the First Amendment's ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, which encompasses a ministerial exception, does not bar judicial review of his...

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