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EPISCOPAL DIOCESE v. EPISCOPAL CHURCH

No. 11-0265.

422 S.W.3d 646 (2013)

The EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH, et al, Petitioners, v. The EPISCOPAL CHURCH, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 30, 2013.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Hayslett , Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Anglican Communion Institute, Inc.

Kelly J. Shackelford , Liberty Legal Institute, Piano, TX, for Amicus Curiae Liberty Institute.

David B. West , Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, San Antonio, TX, Lloyd J. Lunceford , Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae Presbyterian Lay Committee.

Eprhaim Radner, Wycliffe College, Canada, CA, pro se.

J. Shelby Sharpe , Sharpe & Rector, Fort Worth, TX, Kendall M. Gray , Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, TX, R. David Weaver , The Weaver Law Firm PC, Arlington, TX, Scott A. Brister , Andrews Kurth LLP, Austin, TX, for The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.

Frank Gilstrap , Frank Hill, Hill & Gilstrap PC, Arlington, TX, for Local Episcopal Congregations.

Jonathan D.F. Nelson , Jonathan D. F. Nelson PC, Arlington, TX, Kathleen Wells , Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam LLP, Fort Worth, TX, Thomas S. Leatherbury , William D. Sims Jr. , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX, for Local Episcopal Parties.

David Beers , Mary Kostel , Goodwin Proctor LLP, Washington, DC, Sandra Cockran Liser , Naman Howell Smith & Lee PLLC, Fort Worth, TX, for The Episcopal Church.

Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, and Justice GUZMAN joined, and in Parts I, II, III, and IV-A of which Chief Justice JEFFERSON joined.

This direct appeal involves the same principal issue we addressed in Masterson v. Diocese of Northwest Texas, 422 S.W.3d 594, 2013 WL 4608632 (Tex.2013): what methodology is to be used when Texas courts decide which faction is entitled...

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