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39 Am. U. L. Rev. 513 (1989-1990)
Civil Court Resolution of Property Disputes among Religious Organizations

handle is hein.journals/aulr39 and id is 527 raw text is: ARTICLES CIVIL COURT RESOLUTION OF PROPERTY DISPUTES AMONG RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS PATrY GERSTENBLITH* TABLE OF CONTENTS, Introduction ................................................ 513 I. Historical and Constitutional Framework ............... 517 II. Supreme Court Decisions .............................. 521 III. State Court Decisions AfterJoNEs v. WOLF .............. 529 A. Compulsory Deference Approach .................. 531 B. Hybrid Neutral Principles and Deference Approach 534 C. Strict Neutral Principles Approach ................. 543 IV. Neutral Principles of Law .............................. 550 A. Trust and Property Law ........................... 550 B. Other Sources of Neutral Legal Principles- Contract and Corporate Law ...................... 566 Conclusion ................................................. 571 INTRODUCTION Most jurisprudence concerning the -religion clauses of the first amendment directly addresses the relationship between a govern- mental activity and a religious activity. This relationship is generally examined either from the perspective of a governmental benefit or exemption granted to religious groups or to individuals on the basis * Associate Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law; A.B., Bryn Mawr Col- lege, 1971; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1977; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1983. I want to acknowledge the support of the DePaul University College of Law Summer Research Grant program and to thank Neil Wolf, Richard Danaher, Sarah Kahn and Anita Bolanos for their assistance in preparing this Article. 513