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Ft. Worth Litigation: TEC parties file Appeal with US Supreme Court
Ft. Worth Litigation: TEC parties file Appeal with US Supreme Court
Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth
June 20, 2014
The Ft. Worth diocesan legal team was notified yesterday that TEC parties have filed an appeal with United States Supreme Court (USSC) asking it to review the Texas Supreme Court's judgment in our case. This form of appeal is known as a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (review of the case).
Historically, the USSC agrees to review only 1 in 100 of the certiorari petitions filed annually. Our attorneys believe there is little chance the Court will review our case because (1) there is no final judgment yet; (2) the USSC has no power to review issues of Texas law unless there is a violation of the U.S. Constitution; and (3) TECs petition asks the Court to abandon the Neutral Principles approach to church property disputes, which every state has adopted for the last 30 years.< ![CDATA[
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