[Magdalen] Fort Worth

[Ginga Wilder]

In comparing with South Carolina, there are similarities.  And, a clear
difference here is that TX case announced today was a state Supreme Court
decision.  In August 2017, South Carolina Supreme Court decided in favor of
TEC and referred the case back to the lower court.  The judge appointed to
enact the decision of the higher court.  The Lawrence church appealed to
the US Supreme Court but they did not even respond to the case which sent
it back to the lower court in SC.  Unless SC elects Democrats to the
legislature, this case will go no where because the state legislators
appoint the judges.  A tangled web.

Ginga

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:10 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> This situation reminds me of South Carolina. The State courts sided with
> the breakaway group. At least there the State Supreme Court decided in
> favour of the Episcopal Church and Diocese and remitted it for their
> decision to be implemented. The Judge charged with doing that has not
> been diligent in doing so.  The federal courts in the SC case have
> decided that the breakaway group breached trademark legislation in
> presenting as the authentic Diocese. I notice also, but don't claim to
> know the implications, that SCOTUS has recently decided that cases in
> state courts don't need to be determined before a case is presented in
> federal court.
>
> Roger
>
> On 23/05/2020 00:42, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> > Well, that crash you heard was my jaw hitting the floor just now!  the
> > Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the breakaway group is entitled to all
> > of the property of the real Diocese of Fort Worth, even thouh that
> > breakaway group is no longer part of the Episcopal Church.  I simply
> cannot
> > get my head around the idea that this is any way fair or that it makes
> any
> > sense.
> > If I decide to quit my job because I disagree with my boss, I'm free to
> > leave, but I can't expect to be  able to take the office furniture with
> me!
> >
> > I guess now they'll all head to the US Supreme Court.
> >
>
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