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Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is a corporate law firm with over 230 attorneys serving clients in nine offices throughout Michigan. Among the largest law firms in Michigan, Warner works in virtually all areas of business law.

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The Michigan Supreme Court granted oral argument on the application in <a href="http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/20151209_S151680_54_01_151680_2015-12-09_or.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church v. Arthur Pearson</em></a>, No. 151680.  Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church sued its pastor, Arthur Pearson, for conversion and money damages after he was convicted for embezzling church funds.  Pearson counterclaimed for breach of contract and unjust enrichment.  In April, the Court of Appeals determined Pearson’s counterclaims were non-justiciable under the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, but remanded the church’s tort claims to the trial court.  To read our previous post about the Court of Appeals decision, click <a href="https://www.wnj.com/updates/coa-considers-whether-certain-claims-in-a-church-dispute-are-barred-by-the-religious-protections-of-the-first-and-fourteenth-amendments" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

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