Analysis of our Latest Court Ruling

See A.S. Haley's (Anglican Curmudgeon) excellent article summarizing the procedural history of the St. James court case in light of the favorable court ruling on behalf of St. James on Monday July 13, 2009.

Court Blocks End Run Around St. James

Judge Thierry Patrick Colaw of the Orange County Superior Court has issued a ruling that blocks an attempt by the plaintiff Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the plaintiff in intervention ECUSA to circumvent the right of the defendant St. James Parish of Newport Beach to have a trial. This ruling comes on remand of the case from the amended decision of the California Supreme Court, which I wrote about in this post. It also comes while the petition filed by St. James for review of the California Supreme Court's decision is pending in the United States Supreme Court.

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