In Re: The Lorder's New Church Which is Nova Hierosolyma (Summary Disposition)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT IN RE: THE LORD'S NEW CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA HIEROSOLYMA : No. 266 MAL 2003 : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Orders of the COMMONWEALTH : COURT, entered February 4, 2003, and : February 25, 2003, at 1199 C.D. 2002, PETITION OF: THE LORD'S NEW : reversing in part and affirming in part the CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA : Order of the Court of Common Pleas of HIEROSOLYMA AND NOVA DOMINI : Montgomery County, entered April 19, QUAE EST NOVA HIEROSOLYMA, THE : 2002, at No. 00-1591 LORD'S NEW CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA : HIEROSOLYMA, : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: June 19, 2003 AND NOW, this 19th day of June, 2003, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED; the Order of the Commonwealth Court of February 4, 2003 is REVERSED only in so far as it voided the actions of the special meeting of the Board of Directors on June 23, 1999, see 15 P.S. § 5703(b), and is AFFIRMED in all other respects. The Application for an Emergency Stay is DENIED. The Motion for Leave to File Reply is DENIED. Mr. Justice Castille files a dissenting statement.

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