U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel issued an Order and Opinion on Wednesday, December 18, granting in part the Motion to Enforce the Injunction filed by The Diocese of South Carolina (The Episcopal Church in South Carolina) on November 11. In the Order, the judge notes: “The Defendants [the disassociated diocese] here clearly violated…
In a nearly two and a half hour hearing Tuesday morning at the Orangeburg County Courthouse, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson heard arguments on both sides for a variety of motions currently before his court relating to the South Carolina Supreme Court majority decision in favor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina…
The Diocese of South Carolina filed a petition in federal court late yesterday requesting enforcement of the Court’s Order and Opinion and Permanent Injunction issued on September 19, 2019. The petition cited numerous examples that prove continued violations of the Injunction by the disassociated diocese as it “hold(s) itself out to be the Historic Diocese…
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, November 26, at 10 am, at the Orangeburg County Courthouse in Orangeburg, SC to hear the matters before the court on remittitur following the final decision and judgement of the South Carolina Supreme Court on August 2, 2017. The hearing was announced…
After receiving no response to date from his letter on October 4 requesting a hearing on the Enforcement Petition filed in May 2018, Chancellor Tom Tisdale again sent a letter to First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson yesterday afternoon requesting an “expeditious hearing” to enforce the final judgement of the South Carolina Supreme Court in…
As expected, today we received a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals indicating that the disassociated diocese is appealing the ruling handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel on September 19, that clearly identified The Episcopal Church in South Carolina as the historic Diocese of South Carolina and…
Earlier today, on behalf of The Diocese of South Carolina (also known as The Episcopal Church in South Carolina), Chancellor Tom Tisdale sent a letter to First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson requesting a hearing on the Enforcement Petition filed in May 2018 (the Amended Petition from May 16, 2018, can be viewed here). The…
Representatives for The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC), also known as The Diocese of South Carolina, and The Episcopal Church met today with representatives of the disassociated diocese for mediation. Confidentiality is key to mediation and no part of the discussion may be disclosed. Following the session today, the following statement was released: “On…
On Sunday, September 22, Bishop Skip Adams worshiped at Grace Church Cathedral, Charleston, and took a few moments to address the federal court ruling from Thursday that recognized The Episcopal Church in South Carolina as The (Episcopal) Diocese of South Carolina. The ruling affirmed that when a group chose to disassociate from The Episcopal Church…
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel ruled in favor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina and The Episcopal Church today on the trademark infringement and false advertising lawsuit filed in 2013. Saying that “The time has come for this dispute to be resolved,” Judge Gergel granted the plaintiff’s (the Bishop of The Episcopal Church in…
UPDATE: See the newest blog posting here, for a full response to today’s news, including a quote from Bishop Skip Adams. U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel today offered an Order and Opinion in favor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina and The Episcopal Church in the federal false-advertising and trademark infringement lawsuit against the bishop…
On Monday, September 9, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson filed the order denying TECSC’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the breakaway group under the state’s Betterments Act, as had been announced nearly two weeks ago. As was previously reported, the judge has made no ruling on the actual case and it…
