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In the Matter of Ming Tung, et al., Appellants,v.China Buddhist Association, et al., Respondents.

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9 Cited authorities

  1. Jones v. Wolf

    443 U.S. 595 (1979)   Cited 677 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may apply neutral principles of law to resolve church property disputes

  2. Landsberg v. Scrabble Crossword Game Players, Inc.

    469 U.S. 1037 (1984)   Cited 235 times
    Reversing district court's order compelling arbitration in Illinois in contravention of forum-selection clause in contract's arbitration clause designating Texas as the arbitration situs

  3. First Presbyt. v. United Presbyt

    62 N.Y.2d 110 (N.Y. 1984)   Cited 124 times
    Holding that local church property was not held in trust for the national church, where the local church charter was not amended to invoke a New York statute creating a trust relationship with the national church and the national church did not have trust language in its Book of Order before the dispute arose and indeed had rejected a proposed trust provision in the past

  4. Watson v. Jones

    80 U.S. 679 (1871)   Cited 361 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may not decide purely ecclesiastical questions in a case involving a property dispute between a Presbyterian organization and local churches of the organization

  5. In the Matter of Venigalla v. Alagappan

    307 A.D.2d 1041 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)   Cited 14 times

    2002-05018 Argued June 9, 2003. August 25, 2003. In proceeding, inter alia, pursuant to N-PCL 706 to remove the Board of Trustees of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, the petitioners appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.), dated April 18, 2002, as denied those branches of their petition which were to remove the Board of Trustees of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, invalidate the post-1970 by-laws, and appoint

  6. Islamic Center of Harrison v. Islamic Sci

    262 A.D.2d 362 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)   Cited 17 times

    Argued April 22, 1999 June 7, 1999 In an action, inter alia, for the removal of the individual defendants as the directors and trustees of the defendant religious corporations, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Coppola, J.), entered June 1, 1998, which, inter alia, directed a reorganizational meeting of the defendant Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Inc., for the purpose of electing a new Board of Trustees, and directed that a Referee be appointed to

  7. Morris v. Scribner

    69 N.Y.2d 418 (N.Y. 1987)   Cited 28 times

    Argued March 17, 1987 Decided April 28, 1987 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Kenneth L. Shorter, J. Gerald D. Fischer for appellants. Douglas M. Parker, Judah Gribetz, George A. Pierce, Jr., and Hugh R. Jones for Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Bartholomew's Church in the City of New York, respondent. William Rand for Charles Scribner, Jr., and others, respondents. SIMONS, J. This action arises from a dispute between New York City's

  8. Watt Samakki v. Thenjitto

    166 Misc. 2d 16 (N.Y. Misc. 1995)   Cited 6 times

    July 24, 1995 Cohen Krassner, New York City (Mark Krassner of counsel), for plaintiff. Ribolow Feinsod, Brooklyn (Maurice H. Ribolow of counsel), for defendant. MELVIN S. BARASCH, J. Plaintiff has moved by order to show cause for entry of an order (a) preventing defendant's representatives from entering all rooms at 26 Rugby Road, Brooklyn, New York; (b) ordering defendant to relinquish possession and control of all corporate records, books, documents, financial records and checkbooks; (c) directing

  9. Section 600.10 - Format and content of records, appendices and briefs

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 600.10   Cited 11 times

    (a) Form and size. (1) Generally; paper and page size. Records, appendices and briefs shall be reproduced by any method that produces a permanent, legible, black on white copy and shall be on a good grade of white, opaque, unglazed recycled paper that satisfies the requirements of subdivision (e) of this section. Paper shall measure vertically 11 inches on the bound edge and horizontally 81/2 inches. The clerk may refuse to accept for filing a paper which is not legible or otherwise does not comply