Hadnot v. Shaw

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• noting that statements contained in letter were not defamatory, even assuming “the lay leader communicated the letters’ contents outside the Church”
• “[s]overeign only within her own domain, the church has no power over those who live outside of the spiritual community”
• “Internal ecclesiastical procedure need not meet any constitutional concept of due process.” (Emphasis omitted.)
• physician's unauthorized taking of photographs of hospital patient who was near death invaded patient's legally protected right to privacy
• physician's unauthorized taking of photographs of hospital patient who was near death invaded patient's legally protected right to privacy
• “Because religious judicature is immune from any civil court inquest, it is also protected from intrusion by discovery.” (emphasis omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).