Agricultural Insurance v. A. Rothblum, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the constitution of the general church establishes an express trust in favor of the general church
• finding express trust provision in denominational church constitution dispositive after finding no support for creation of a trust in deeds, certificate of incorporation, or state law
• finding express trust provision in the hierarchical church constitution dispositive in favor of the hierarchical church, even though deeds, certificate of incorporation, and state law contained no language supporting creation of such a trust
• finding express trust provision in the hierarchical church constitution dispositive in favor of the hierarchical church, even - 24 - though deeds, certificate of incorporation, and state law contained no language supporting creation of such a trust
• the Dennis Canon clearly establishes an express trust in favor of the National Episcopal Church
• “We conclude that the Dennis Canons clearly establish an express trust in favor of the Rochester Diocese and the National Church.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).