1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.3d
  4. 249 So.3d
  5. 249 So.3d 657 (2018)
 

DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH v. GALLAGHER

No. 4D17-2579.

249 So.3d 657 (2018)

DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH, INC., Petitioner, v. Father John GALLAGHER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 9, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Fitzgerald and Associates, and J. Patrick Fitzgerald , Roberto Diaz , and Maura F. Jennings , Coral Gables, and Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, and Elaine D. Walter , Michael A. Mullen , and Joseph M. Winsby , Coral Gables , and Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, and Mark E. Chopka , Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Babbitt & Johnson, P.A., and Theodore Babbitt , West Palm Beach, and Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., and Philip M. Burlington , West Palm Beach, and Nichole J. Segal , West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Father John Gallagher, a Catholic priest, sued the diocese in which he served, the Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc., for defamation. The diocese moved to dismiss the complaint based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, which prevents civil courts from deciding matters that require adjudication...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases