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Bankrupting The Faith , Pamela Foohey
Bankrupting The Faith , Pamela Foohey
Missouri Law Review
This Article examines the institutions’ characteristics, reasons for filing, and case outcomes to investigate what benefits Chapter 11 brings to the organizations and whether bankruptcy is an effective solution to their financial problems. Based on the successful reorganizations and continued operations of some of the debtors in the study, it finds that Chapter 11 has the potential to provide a productive means for addressing their financial problems by offering religious organizations an avenue to rehabilitate their operations following economic downturns, failures and transitions in leadership, and standstills in negotiating with creditors. In exploring these Chapter 11 cases, this Article not …
Churches Built On Sinking Sand: How Courts Decide Who Keeps Church Property Following A Schism, Daniel Coffman
Churches Built On Sinking Sand: How Courts Decide Who Keeps Church Property Following A Schism, Daniel Coffman
Missouri Law Review
This Note will examine whether the “strict title” application of the neutral principles taken by Gashland is a more preferable approach than the interpretation and application of the neutral principles in other jurisdictions. This Note will discuss whether Gashland squares with the Supreme Court of the United States’ prior decisions involving church property disputes and whether Gashland’s strict title approach is most true to the principles set forth in the leading case on the issue, Jones v. Wolf. This Note will first review the facts and holding of Gashland. It will then chronicle the history of church property jurisprudence in …