Judicial Council

Most Recent Decisions

#	Title	Date	Type
1495	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the Council of Bishops on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶ 55 and 2602.1 of the 2016 Book of Discipline.	April 22, 2024	Memorandum
1494	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions asked in the Virginia Annual Conference Regarding Disciplinary Requirements and Procedures Related to Various Phases of the Complaint Process to Supervisory and Judicial Processes.	April 22, 2024	Decision
1493	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question Raised During the North Georgia Annual Conference Regarding the Presiding Bishop’s Parliamentary Ruling Concerning the Outcome of a Vote by the Annual Conference.	April 22, 2024	Memorandum
1492	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the North Georgia Annual Conference as to Whether the Existence of Evidence Showing that the Annual Conference Violated Disciplinary Requirements, When it Ratified the Disaffiliation of a Local Church Pursuant to ¶ 2553, Would Nullify the Annual Conference’s Action	April 22, 2024	Decision
1491	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling in the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference on Questions Seeking Information, Procedural Answers, and Substantive Answers Concerning Matters Related to Changes in a Colleague’s Conference Relationship and Clergy Status.	November 07, 2023	Memorandum
1490	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions Raised During the North Carolina Annual Conference Relating to ¶¶ 2549 and 2553 and the Annual Conference’s Adoption of the “Resolution for Closure of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church.”	November 07, 2023	Decision
1489	Judicial Council Decision 1489	November 07, 2023	Decision
1488	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s ruling of law on a question raised during the California-Pacific Annual Conference related to its Disaffiliation Procedures, Policies and Timelines.	November 07, 2023	Memorandum
1487	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling in the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference on Questions Seeking Procedural and Substantive Answers Concerning Matters Related to Judicial, Administrative, or Supervisory Processes.	November 07, 2023	Decision
1486	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions Raised during the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference by a Lay Member as he Appealed the Rulings of the Chair Relating to a Proposed Resolution.	November 07, 2023	Memorandum
1485	IN RE: Clarification and Modification of Judicial Council Decisions 1451 and 1472	November 02, 2023	Memorandum
1484	IN RE: Request for Declaratory Decisions from the Council of Bishops with regard to the constitutionality and legality of several provisions of The Book of Discipline ¶ 413d.	April 25, 2023	Decision