# White v. St. Elizabeth B.C. Board of Directors

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · June 2, 2010 · 45 La.App. 2 Cir. 213

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9664264

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert WHITE and Murphy White, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ST. ELIZABETH B.C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Defendant-Appellee
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** June 2, 2010
- **Citations:** 45 La.App. 2 Cir. 213; 37 So. 3d 1139; 2010 La. App. LEXIS 820; 2010 WL 2179573
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Caraway
- **Judges:** Williams, Caraway, Peatross
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CARAWAY, J.,
concurring.
I would affirm the trial court’s ruling on the basis of the civil courts’ lack of subject matter jurisdiction over the relationship between a church and its members. I disagree with the statement that the statutory provisions for nonprofit *1145 membership, La. R.S. 12:210, govern membership in a church. The fact that St. Elizabeth Baptist Church has utilized the nonprofit corporation law of this state does not take this church membership conflict out of the ecclesiastical realm under allegations which plaintiffs now present. State ex rel. Johnson v. Tulane Ave. Baptist Church, 144 So. 639 (La.App.Orl.1932).

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