Jeanne A. Hadnot and Suzette Renee Ellis, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. R.t. Shaw, Dennis J. Joiner, Charles Warden, The…

Summary

The court affirmed the summary judgment insofar as the record disclosed no actionable pre-expulsion or expulsion-related conduct. It held that the plaintiffs failed to preserve their prematurity argument, identify a material fact dispute, or show error in the trial court's treatment of their alternative liability theories. The court remanded only because the trial court had not ruled on a discovery request that might seek evidence of post-expulsion conduct outside the Church's protected ecclesiastical jurisdiction.