First Baptist Church of Glen Este v. State of Ohio

How courts have described this case

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

• internal church disciplinary proceedings tainted by fraud or collusion may be subject of civil court inquiry
• “The scope of review is constitutionally limited so that the civil courts do not adjudicate ecclesiastical matters”
• \The scope of review is constitutionally limited so that the civil courts do not adjudicate ecclesiastical matters\
• “because the ‘hands off’ policy [of Milivojevich] is of constitutional dimension, we find it difficult to justify the application of a different standard where a congregational church is involved”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).