The Supreme Court of the United States announced today that it will not hear a property rights case petitioned by St. James Church of Newport Beach.
The court said it is waiting for final ruling in the case before considering whether it will make its own decision.
St. James has owned its church property for more than 50 years, and has sought to keep it following its split from the Episcopal Church and its Los Angeles Diocese over theological differences regarding homosexuality.
“The court said it is waiting for final ruling in the case before considering whether it will make its own decision.”
Oh really. Either the Pilot has conflated the St James press release with the SCOTUS announcement, or is privy to data not available to the rest of us. I can’t tell, because the link doesn’t work.
[Link fixed – Elf]
#1 Right. All I saw on the SCOTUS list was this: the petition for writ of certiorari is “denied.” As were thousands of such petitions. No explanations required. Attorney Eastman MAY have had some kind of off-the-record comment from a clerk or an intermediary, which formed the basis of HIS statement. We would have to ask him. The reporter apparently did not.
w.w.