Episcopal Church in Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss

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• resolving the issue on the record rather than remanding tp the trial court to do so
• resolving the issue on the record rather than remanding to the trial court to do so
• finding trust in favor of hierarchical religious organization based on language in church constitution
• finding trust in favor of hierarchical religious organization based on language in church constitution
• “Jones thus not only gave general churches explicit permission to create an express trust in favor of the local church but stated that civil courts would be bound by such a provision, as long as the provision was enacted before the dispute occurred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).