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DISPUTE ABOUT VOTES FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION PROPERLY RESOLVED BY THE COURTS, THE MATTER DID NOT REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF RELIGIOUS ISSUES (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined Supreme Court had jurisdiction to rule on a dispute among members of a religious corporation (Mandir). The dispute involved whether votes were cast by persons ineligible to vote for the board of trustees. The dispute could be resolved without the court’s intrusion into religious issues:

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“The First Amendment forbids civil courts from interfering in or determining religious disputes, because there is substantial danger that the state will become entangled in essentially religious controversies or intervene on behalf of groups espousing particular doctrines or beliefs” … . However, “[c]ivil disputes involving religious parties or institutions may be adjudicated without offending the First Amendment as long as neutral principles of law are the basis for their resolution” … .. In applying neutral principles of law, “courts may rely upon internal documents, such as a congregation’s bylaws, but only if those documents do not require interpretation of ecclesiastical doctrine”… .

Here, resolution of the instant dispute, including determining whether any votes were cast by individuals who were not eligible to vote in the election, does not “require[ ] intrusion into constitutionally protected ecclesiastical matters”… .. Rather, this question may be resolved based upon neutral principles of law and reference to the secular provisions of the Mandir’s internal documents … . Queens Branch of the Bhuvaneshwar Mandir, Inc. v Sherman, 2017 NY Slip Op 08546, Second Dept 12-6-17

 

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