Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra A. Golymbieski and Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellant. Michael C. Kendall and Maureen E. Murphy Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: David H. Gambrell, Linda A. Klein and John Hinton IV Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, Forest A. Norman Gallagher Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio, Christopher J. Cox and Alexandra Fellowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, Calif. Amicus Appellee: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice Hull Barrett PC, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
for defendant:
Case Number: S11G0587
Applying neutral principals of law, a local church assented to the relinquishment of its property rights when it affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA in 1983, and an implied trust in favor o