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IN RE THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS

No. 05-17-00493-CV.

556 S.W.3d 347 (2017)

IN RE The EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS, INC., Meredyth Cole, Jeffrey Laba, and Donna Hull, Relators.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Opinion Filed October 11, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher D. Kratovil , Kristina M. Williams , Dykema Cox Smith , Dallas, TX, Kristina M. Williams , Dykema Cox Smith , Austin, TX, John Sokatch , Lance A. Pool , Lawrence J. Friedman , Friedman & Feiger, LLP, Dallas TX, for Real Party in Interest John Doe, Individually and as next friend for John Doe Jr., a minor.

Karen S. Precella , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Ft. Worth, TX, Andrew Guthrie , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX, John William Conine , Ronald W. Johnson , Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall, Smith & Stollenwerck, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Relator The Episcopal School of Dallas, Inc., Meredyth Cole, Jeffrey Laba, and Donna Hull.

Before Justices Bridges, Fillmore, and Whitehill.

OPINION

This original proceeding involves an issue of first impression for this Court: whether the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine applies to faith-based schools not owned or operated by a church.1 If that doctrine applies here as a general matter, a second question is whether...

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