Bruss v. Przybylo

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• abstention is required if the subject of the dispute involves matters of discipline, faith, internal organization, or ecclesiastical rule or law
• detailing the evolution of the ecclesiastical-abstention doctrine and collecting cases

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holzrichter v. Yorath
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-03-04· cited 227×
• Rehfield v. Diocese of Joliet
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2021-02-04· cited 40×
• Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging v. Basta
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-06-29· cited 31×
• Fabian v. BGC Holdings, LP
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-02-10· cited 23×
• Gajda v. Steel Solutions Firm, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-10-22· cited 16×
• Seiden Law Group, P.C. v. Segal
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-11-10· cited 16×
• Lake Point Tower Condominium Assocation v. Waller
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-09-28· cited 15×
• Ad Hoc Committee of Parishioners of Our Lady of Sun Catholic Church, Inc. v. Reiss
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-02-23· cited 13×
• Eberhardt v. Village of Tinley Park
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-04-24· cited 11×
• Grassroots Collaborative v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-12-15· cited 9×
• Ball v. Ball
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2020-12-10· cited 7×
• Rentz v. Werner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-06-07· cited 6×
• Bocock v. McGuire
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-01-10· cited 5×
• WC Media, Inc. v. Village of Gilberts
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-08-18· cited 2×
• Taylor v. Evangelical Covenant Church
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-01-12· cited 2×
• Sarmont v. DeWitt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-09-25· cited 2×
• Lipe v. O'Connor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-05-27· cited 1×
• Rehfield v. Diocese of Joliet
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-05· cited 1×
• SINGH v. DIST. CT. (SINGH) (CIVIL)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2026-04-02· cited 1×
• AD HOC COMMITTEE OF PARISHIONERS v. Reiss
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-02-23

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 2,569×
• Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 1,118×
• Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 850×
• Jones v. Wolf
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 834×
• Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
  Supreme Court· 1952-11-24· cited 689×
• Mrs. Billie B. McCLURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the SALVATION ARMY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-04-26· cited 280×
• Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila
  Supreme Court· 1929-10-14· cited 262×
• Maryland & Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-19· cited 191×
• People v. McCauley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-12-22· cited 188×
• Reverend Arcadio Natal v. The Christian and Missionary Alliance
  First Circuit· 1989-07-14· cited 110×
• People v. Falbe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-01-21· cited 89×
• Joseph P. Lewis Julia A. Lewis v. Seventh Day Adventists Lake Region Conference, an Illinois Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-11-04· cited 76×
• Zahl v. Krupa
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-31· cited 70×
• Hutchison v. Thomas
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-04-28· cited 65×
• Joseph B. Kaufmann v. Daniel E. Sheehan, James R. Cain, and the Catholic Archbishop of Omaha, D/B/A Archdiocese of Omaha
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-05-26· cited 54×
• Thomas Dowd v. The Society of St. Columbans
  First Circuit· 1989-01-12· cited 50×
• Muirfield Village-Vernon Hills v. REINKE, JR. AND CO.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-05-13· cited 46×
• Village of Roselle v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-11-07· cited 36×
• Bell v. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-10-01· cited 34×
• Burgess v. Rock Creek Baptist Church
  District of Columbia· 1990-04-02· cited 33×

Other cases named Bruss v. Przybylo

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Bruss v. Przybylo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-09-26