Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
Type
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
403 Petition from the Commission on the General Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to Whether Paragraphs 603 and 648 of the Discipline Which Limit the Voting Rights, Privileges an Traveling Expenses of "Delegates" from Provisional Annual Conferences Overseas Are in Contradiction to Paragraphs 39 and 40 of the Constitution October 16, 1975 Decision
402 Petition from the Commission on the General Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Question: October 16, 1975 Decision
401 Ruling of Bishop Jack M. Tuell in the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Regarding the Reporting of Pensions and Benefits in the Conference Journal and the Designating of Payments Within Ministerial Support. October 16, 1975 Decision
400 Petition from the North Mississippi Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning of Paragraphs 878, 882, and 831.9 (a) with Respect to the Distribution of Funds Within an Annual Conference. October 16, 1975 Decision
399 Petition from the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Interpretation of Paragraph 1435.1 of the 1972 Discipline October 15, 1975 Decision
398 Episcopal Ruling on a Point of Law Regarding the Constitutionality of the Restructuring Plans for the Mississippi and the North Mississippi Annual Conferences with Four District Superintendents Appointed to Each of Two Districts. April 04, 1975 Decision
397 Petition of the Northwest Philippines Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning and Application of Paragraph 661.4 of the Discipline asIt Relates to an Action of the Special Session of the 1974 Session of the Annual Conference. April 03, 1975 Decision

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