Chapter 21-5 Ecclesiastical Disputes

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21-5 Ecclesiastical Disputes

The First Amendment Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses deprive courts of subject matter jurisdiction to resolve ecclesiastical disputes. Texas courts have declined to exercise subject matter jurisdiction in cases requiring an entanglement in the affairs of the church.51


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[51] Westbrook v. Penley, 231 S.W.3d 389 (Tex. 2007).

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