congregational church
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 82 U.S. 131 - Bouldin v. Alexander · 1872Most cited · 120 citing opinions
In a congregational church, the majority, if they adhere to the organization and to the doctrines, represent the church. An expulsion of the majority by a minority is a void act.
How often courts cite the case defining “congregational church”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “congregational church” — 120 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.