RASMUSSEN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S182407.

51 Cal.4th 804 (2011)

JANE HYDE RASMUSSEN et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; PRAVEEN BUNYAN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

May 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holme Roberts & Owen, John R. Shiner ; Horvitz & Levy and Jeremy B. Rosen for Petitioners Jane Hyde Rasmussen, The Right Rev. Robert M. Anderson, The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles and The Right Rev. J. Jon Bruno, Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

Goodwin/Proctor, David Booth Beers and Jeffrey David Skinner for Petitioner The Episcopal Church.

Haley & Bilheimer and Allan S. Haley for American Anglican Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners Jane Hyde Rasmussen, The Right Rev. Robert M. Anderson, The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles and The Right Rev. J. Jon Bruno, Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

No appearance for Respondent.

Payne & Fears, Eric C. Sohlgren , Daniel F. Lula , Erik M. Andersen ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Robert A. Olson for Real Parties in Interest The Rev. Praveen Bunyan, The Rev. Richard A. Menees, The Rev. M. Kathleen Adams, The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. James Parish in Newport Beach, California, James Dale, Barbara Hettinga, Paul Stanley, Cal Trent, John McLaughlin, Penny Reveley, Mike Thompson, Jill Austin, Eric Evans, Frank Daniels, Cobb Grantham and Julia Houten.

Barker Olmsted & Barnier and Christopher W. Olmsted for Law Professors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest The Rev. Praveen Bunyan, The Rev. Richard A. Menees, The Rev. M. Kathleen Adams, The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. James Parish in Newport Beach, California, James Dale, Barbara Hettinga, Paul Stanley, Cal Trent, John McLaughlin, Penny Reveley, Mike Thompson, Jill Austin, Eric Evans, Frank Daniels, Cobb Grantham and Julia Houten.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

This matter, involving a church property dispute, is before this court for the second time. (See Episcopal Church Cases (2009) 45 Cal.4th 467 [87 Cal.Rptr.3d 275, 198 P.3d 66].) St. James Parish in Newport Beach (St. James Parish) was a parish within the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Diocese), a diocese within the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United...

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