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MASTERSON v. DIOCESE OF NORTHWEST TEXAS

No. 03-10-00015-CV.

335 S.W.3d 880 (2011)

Robert MASTERSON, Mark Brown, George Butler, Charles Westbrook, Richey Oliver, Craig Porter, Sharon Weber, June Smith, Rita Baker, Stephanie Peddy, Billy Ruth Hodges, Dallas Christian and the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Appellants, v. The DIOCESE OF NORTHWEST TEXAS, The Rev. Celia Ellery, Don Griffis and Michael Ryan, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

March 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Finley , Smith Rose Finley PC, San Angelo, for Appellants.

Jim Hund , Hund Krier Wilkerson & Wright, PC, Lubbock, for Appellees.

Before Chief Justice JONES, Justices HENSON and GOODWIN.

OPINION

J. WOODFIN JONES, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a property dispute among parishioners from the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd ("Good Shepherd") in San Angelo, Texas. In 2006, a majority of the Good Shepherd parishioners voted to withdraw Good Shepherd from the Episcopal Church of the United States and the Diocese of Northwest Texas and to reorganize as the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd affiliated with the Diocese of...

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