Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1976-10-04

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Mr. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1963, the Holy Assembly of Bishops and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Mother Church) *698 suspended and ultimately removed respondent Dionisije Milivojevich (Dionisije) as Bishop of the American-Canadian Diocese of that Church, and appointed petitioner Bishop Firmilian Ocokoljich (…

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