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BLAUDZIUNAS v. EGAN

No. 231.

18 N.Y.3d 275 (2011)

938 N.Y.S.2d 496

2011 NY Slip Op 8962

MINDAUGAS BLAUDZIUNAS et al., Appellants, v. EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN, as Cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York and as Trustee of OUR LADY OF VILNA CHURCH, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Harry Kresky, New York City ( Harry M. Kresky of counsel), for appellants.

Leahey & Johnson, P.C., New York City ( Peter James Johnson, Jr. , Peter James Johnson , Joanne Filiberti and Gabriel M. Krausman of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

The issue before this Court is whether section 5 of the Religious Corporations Law grants plaintiffs, former parishioners of a church incorporated as a religious corporation, the authority to challenge the board of trustees' decision to demolish the church. We hold that it does not.

In 1909, Our Lady of Vilna Church—a Roman Catholic church established to serve...

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