Judicial Council Decisions

Decisions: 1-100

1. Ruling of Bishop Lee, Philippine Annual Conference

2. Appeal A. Lincoln Shute

3. Appeal Willard L. Hadsell

4. Tenure of Central Conference Bishops

5. Election of Delegates to Jurisdictional Conferences by Mission Conferences

6. Election of Delegates to Central Conferences by Mission Conferences

7. Constitutionality of Provision Fixing Retirement Age of Ministers

8. Status of Ministers of Former Methodist Protestant Church Left Permanently Without Appointment

9. Compensation of Retired Minister Serving as Supply Pastor

10. Eligibility of Member of Annual Conference Board of Lay Activities to Membership on Annual Conference Commission on World Service and Finance

11. Board of Trustees, Missouri Annual Conference

12. Authority of a Joint Distributing Committee Appointed Under the Provisions of Paragraph 1312 of the Discipline of 1939

13. Recommendations for Apportionments for Conference Claimants by Annual Conference Board of Conference Claimants

14. Appeal of Board of Missions and Church Extension on Question of Responsibility of Pension of D. W. Nichols, et al.

15. Constitutionality of Paragraph 231, Discipline 1940

16. Status of T. H. Osborne, North Texas Annual Conference

17. Costs of Jurisdictional Committee of Appeals

18. C. M. Tyndal

19. Distributions from Endowment Fund for Superannuates, Held by the Missouri Corporation

20. Pension Claim, Mrs. A. S. Gregg

21. Election of Missionary Bishops by General Conference

22. Membership of Bishops in Annual Conferences

23. General Pension Regulations

24. Constitutionality of Paragraph 924 as to Lay Missionaries

25. Conscientious Objectors

26. Meaning of "Church Members"

27. Pension Case, Mississippi Conference

28. Boundaries, Baltimore and Central Pennsylvania Annual Conferences

29. Powers of Trustees, Fourth Street First Methodist Church, Wheeling, W. Va.

30. Apportionment for World Service Holston Annual Conference

31. Interpretation Paragraph 411, Discipline 1944

32. Appeal of the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference on Its Own Action Involving a Change in Jurisdictional Lines: Boundaries of Delaware Conference

33. Ruling of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, in Response to a Request From Hallam Richardson During the New York East Annual Conference Held at Hanson Place Central Methodist Church, Brooklyn, New York, September 25 and 26, 1945

34. Ruling of Bishop Charles C. Selecman in North Texas Annual Conference as to Casting of Ballot by Secretary of a District Conference Under Paragraphs 670-673, Discipline 1944

35. Voting of Retired Bishops

36. Ruling of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, in Response to a Request from Ross A. Cobb During the New York Annual Conference Held at the St. James Methodist Church, Kingston, New York, Thursday, May 3, 1945

37. Executive Sessions of an Annual Conference Excluding Lay Members

38. Corporate Meetings, Central Kansas Annual Conference

39. Request by the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision as to the Legality of the Resolution Adopted by the General Conference of 1944, Relative to the Origin of The Methodist Church

40. Voting by Retired Bishops

41. Footnote to Article XXIII Articles of Religion

42. Executive Sessions of Annual Conference Excluding Lay Members; Constitutionality of Paragraph 646, Discipline 1944

43. Bishop Costen J. Harrell's Decision at North Alabama Annual Conference on Whether or Not the Annual Conference May Exclude Retired Members From Service on Boards, Commissions and Committees

44. Annual Recommendations for District Superintendents' Support, Paragraph 788

45. The Decision of Bishop Magee in the Illinois Annual Conference, on the Right of Annual Conference to Make Appropriations Out of Its Benevolence Funds to Organizations on the Governing Boards of which the Annual Conference Has No Representation

46. Ruling of Bishop Titus Lowe in Indiana Annual Conference as to Fractional Years of Service Under Pension Regulations Interpreting Paragraph 1618 Discipline 1944

47. Appeal of Edwin L. Morgan From Judgment of Committee on Appeals, Southeastern Jurisdiction

48. Petition of Bishops of Western Jurisdiction as to Assignment of a Bishop to Supervision of Missions

49. Ruling of Bishop Arthur F. Wesley in the River Plate Annual Conference as to Time Requirements for Preachers on Trial Be- fore Admission into Full Connection Interpreting Paragraph 341 Discipline 1944

50. Ruling of Bishop C. C. Selecman in the North Texas Annual Conference Relating to Assessment of the Conference for Conference Claimants, Under Pars. 1618, 1623, and 1624 of the Discipline

51. Ruling of Bishop William C. Martin at 1947 Session of Nebraska Annual Conference Relating to Payment of Pastors' Expenses as Affected by Provisions of Par. 1624, Art. 11, Sec. 4 of the Discipline of The Methodist Church in the Year 1944

52. Appeal by Quarterly Conference of First Methodist Church of North Little Rock, Ark., As to Advancements from the Board of Church Extension

53. Right of Central Conference Bishop to Vote In the Council of Bishops

54. Re-enactment of Enabling Acts Adopted By General Conference of 1940 and 1944

55. Constitutionality of Report No. 6 of the Committee on Conferences, Calendar No. 115, General Conference 1948, As to Change of Jurisdictional Boundaries

56. Change of West Texas Annual Conference Boundaries, Constitutionality of Report No. 4 Committee on Conferences, General Conference 1948

57. Fixing Boundaries of Episcopal Areas, Constitutionality of Provision Requiring Consent of Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy

58. Special Act of General Conference Concerning Ordination of Elders in Germany Central Conference

59. Constitutionality of Affirmations of Faith

60. Constitutionality of Clause in Par. 607, Discipline 1944, As to Election of Delegates to Jurisdictional Conferences by Provisional Annual Conferences

61. The Appeal of the Council of Bishops to the a Declaratory Decision as to the Status of a Central Conference Bishop Who Fails of Re-election

62. The Appeal of the Council of Bishops to the Judicial Council Concerning the Constitutionality of Paragraph 901, Article I of the 1948 Discipline Which Reads, "Provided However That as a Result of the Election Each Jurisdiction Shall Be Represented on the Council"

63. Ruling by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam at the Troy Annual Conference of The Methodist Church, April 22,1949, Relative to the Right of a Local Church to Designate All Funds Received on World Service and Annual Conference Benevolences to World Service Alone and None to Annual Conference Agencies

64. Episcopal Decision By Bishop Clare Purcell Concerning Legality of Action of Upper South Carolina Annual Conference Relating to Transfer of Lander College to the Lander Foundation

65. Decision of Hazen G. Werner Made in Lima District Conference

66. Election of Conference Lay Leader Bishop's Ruling-Kentucky Annual Conference 1948

67. Appeal From South Central Jurisdictional Conference-Report of Board of Education

68. Request of Board of Pensions for Declaratory Decision

69. The Power of an Administrative Committee in a Central Conference

70. Basic Salary Plan

71. Re-enactment of Enabling Act Adopted by General Conference of 1940

72. The Interpretation of Paragraph 347 of the 1948 Discipline Originating in Little Rock Annual Conference of The Methodist Church

73. Ruling of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam in the Newark Annual Conference, May 24-28, 1950, in Bloomfield, New Jersey

74. Ruling of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam in Re- sponse to a Request from Hallam M. Richard- son, in the New York East Annual Confer- ence, May, 1950, Relating to the Legality of Lay Members Holding a Sepa- rate Business Session at the Annual Conference

75. Ruling of Bishop Hazen G. Werner in Ohio Annual Conference with Reference to Election of Trustees for White Cross Hospital

76. Request of Council of Bishops for Decision with Respect to Constitutionality of Par. 502, Sections 2 and 3

77. Rulings of Bishop William T. Watkins at the 1951 Session of the Kentucky Annual Conference

78. Ruling of Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke in Pittsburgh Annual Conference with Reference to Adoption of Ministers Reserve Pension Plan

79. Ruling of Bishop J. Ralph Magee in Illinois

80. Ruling of Bishop Jose L. Valencia in the Philippines Annual Conference Relative to the Conference Status of D. D. Alejandro, Whose Term as Bishop of a Central Conference Has Expired; and of D. D. Alejandro's Appeal Therefrom, and Petition for Rehearing

81. Pension Claim of Walter L. French

82. Ruling of Bishop Valencia in the Philippines Annual Conference with Respect to a Full-Time Ministry

83. The Continuation of a Central Conference Bishop in EffectiveRelation as a Bishop, He Having Reached His Seventieth Birthday Prior to the First Day of the Regular Session of His Central Conference

84. Election of Bishops by Jurisdictional Conferences for a Specific Area

85. General Legislation to Permit Individual Churches of the Central Jurisdiction to Become a Part of Any Other Jurisdiction

86. Constitutionality of Proposed Legislation Referred to the Judicial Council by the General Conference

87. The Right of a Retired Traveling Preacher to Vote in Annual Conference

88. Questions Proposed by Ruben V. Candelaria, Delegate from the Philippines Annual Conference, and Referred by the General Conference to the Judicial Council for a Declaratory Decision

89. Question Proposed by Ruben V. Candelaria, Delegate From the Philippines Annual Confer- ence, and Referred by the General Confer- ence to the Judicial Council for a Declaratory Decision

90. Ruling of Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, at Newark Annual Conference, June 1, 1952, In- terpreting the Effect of Section 4, Paragraph 806, of the Discipline of 1948

91. Request of the Iowa-Des Moines Annual Con- ference for an Interpretation of Paragraph 308 of the 1948 Discipline as Amended by the 1952 General Conference

92. Power of an Annual Conference to Authorize a Hospital Owned by the Conference to Borrow Money

93. Ruling of Bishop W. T. Watkins of the Kentucky Conference, August 29, 1952, on Question of Quorum Necessary for Quarterly Conference Business

94. Successor to Dr. Charles B. Ketcham as Member of the Judicial Council

95. Ruling of Bishop Paul N. Garber at Virginia Annual Conference, October 11, 1952, as to Paragraph 1618, Section 4, Relating to the Listing of Special Appointments in the Conference Journal

96. "Is the Discipline of The Methodist Church a Book of Law?"

97. The Request of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Concern- ing the Relationship of "Approved Full- time Supply Pastors" (Par. 315-c to Paragraph 320 of the 1952 Discipline)

98. Ruling of Bishop Roy H. Short Regarding the Legality of the "Conference Council" as Adopted by the Tennessee Annual Conference at Its Session September 4th, 1952

99. Removal of Residence of Secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from Louisville to Philadelphia

100. Request of Louisiana Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Interpreting the Pro- visions of the Discipline Relating to Licens- ing and Renewal of Licenses of Local Preachers

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