Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
Type
415 Ruling of Bishop Jack M. Tuell in the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference on the Constitutionality of an Annual Conference Placing Lay Observers on the Board of Ordained Ministry. October 29, 1976 Decision
414 Petition from the Iowa Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of the Last Sentence in Paragraph 657 of the 1972 Discipline. October 29, 1976 Memorandum
413 Request of the General Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Constitutionality of Legislation Fixing a Retirement Age for Bishops Which Is Different from the Retirement Age Fixed for Other Ordained Elders of the Church. May 05, 1976 Decision
412 Ruling of Bishop James M. Ault in the Wyoming Annual Conference on the Validity of an Action by a District Committee on the Ministry Dealing with a Request for the Renewal of a License to Preach May 04, 1976 Decision
411 Request of General Conference for a Declara- tory Decision as to the Constitutionality of Calen- dar Item No. 251, Paragraph 705.1 May 04, 1976 Decision
410 Request by the College of Bishops of the Central Conference of theMethodist Church in Southern Asia for a Reconsideration of Decision No. 350 and Memoranda Nos. 355, 369, and 374. April 28, 1976 Memorandum
409 Petition from the General Board of Global Ministries for a Declaratory Decision on the Validity of Paragraph 665.1 of the 1972 Discipline. April 23, 1976 Decision
408 Request by the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision to Determine Whether Paragraph 21 of the Constitution Will Remain in Force for the General Conference of 1980. April 23, 1976 Decision
407 Petition from Cornelio M. Ferrer for a Reconsideration of Judicial Council Decision No. 392. October 16, 1975 Decision
406 Ruling of Bishop John B. Warman in the Central Pennsylvania Annual Conference on Whether or Not There Is a Principle of Confidentiality Which Would Permit an Annual Conference Board of the Ministry to Withhold Information Requested by Members of an Executive Session of the Annual Conference Bearing on the Moral Character or Spiritual Dicsiplines of Candidates for the Ministry. October 16, 1975 Decision
405 Petition from the Louisiana Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Right of an Annual Conference to Make a Decision Relative to Ministerial Classifications Without a Recommendation from the Board of the Ministry. October 16, 1975 Decision
404 The Power of an Annual Conference to Grant Full Membership to a Person Earlier Denied Such Membership When the Conference Deems the Earlier Action to Have Involved Injustice and Inequity, and the Retroactive Granting of Ministerial Status. October 16, 1975 Decision

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