In a case involving a local church’s effort to disaffiliate from a national denomination, trial court’s grant of permanent injunction is affirmed as, under established California law, the disaffiliation attempt was ineffective and the oversight entity superseded the governing board.     

Read Classis of Cent. CA. v. Miraloma Comty. Church, No. A122540

Appellate Information

Filed September 15, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Reardon

Counsel

For Appellant:  Peter Sean Bradley, Randall M. Penner, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk

For Appelle:   Alan E. Friedman, Geoffrey P. Forgione, Orian J. Lee

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