A Small (Yet Large) Win for St. James Church

From BabyBlue:

In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court agreed today to hear St. James Anglican Church’s appeal that it has a constitutional right to continue its property rights battle against The Episcopal Church. By granting the St. James petition, the Court has acknowledged that this property rights dispute is far from over as the Episcopal Church has claimed, and that the Court must decide whether a defendant can be deprived of its property before it has had the opportunity to defend itself with evidence in a court of law.

Nice. According to the previous lower court ruling, it seemed that California law allowed people to have their private property taken away without legal recourse; it looks like the California Supreme Court fixed that.

Good luck St. James!

via BabyBlueOnline: California Supreme Court Unanimously Grants Review of St. James Church’s Petition.

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