King v. Tatum’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich · Watson v. Jones · Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America · Bryce · Dixon v. Edwards
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[I]t is the nature of the underlying dispute that determines whether a court has jurisdiction to consider matters of church procedure. As Hundley [v. Collins , 131 Ala. 234 , 32 So. 575 (1902),] clearly articulates, if the substantive dispute is spiritual or ecclesiastical in nature, it is irrelevant to the civil court whether the church followed its own procedures, per se; the civil court has no jurisdiction to consider the matter. See also, e.g., Caples v. Nazareth Church of Hopewell Ass'n , 245 Ala. 656 , 18 So.2d 383 (1944). Accord Sale v. First Regular Baptist Church , 62 Iowa 26 , 17 N.W. 143 (1883) ; and Evans v. Shiloh Baptist Church , 196 Md. 543 , 77 A.2d 160 (1950)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“In the present case, the Court concurs with the opinion in Ex parte Tatum that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to apply notions of due process to a church proceeding to remove the pastor of that church, but the Court does have the ability to recognize that a decision made by the majority of the members of [PMBC] to remove Defendant, Charles Brookins Taylor, as the pastor was a valid decision. In affirming such action of the church, the Court can also enjoin the Defendant, Charles Brookins Taylor, from taking unauthorized actions on behalf of the church.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]n a Baptist church, the majority of the congregation is the highest adjudicatory body, unless the church bylaws provide otherwise”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.