Temple Lot Case
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The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
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Target entity: Temple Lot Case Context triple: [Independence Temple Lot, legalCase, Temple Lot Case]
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially discriminatory enforcement of a facially neutral law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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Lynch v. Donnelly
Lynch v. Donnelly is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the inclusion of a nativity scene in a city’s Christmas display and helped shape modern Establishment Clause analysis of government endorsement of religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Temple Lot Case Target entity description: The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially discriminatory enforcement of a facially neutral law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Milliken v. Bradley
Milliken v. Bradley is a landmark 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the scope of school desegregation remedies by ruling that courts could not impose cross-district busing plans absent proof of interdistrict segregation.
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D.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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Lynch v. Donnelly
Lynch v. Donnelly is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the inclusion of a nativity scene in a city’s Christmas display and helped shape modern Establishment Clause analysis of government endorsement of religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal court case
ⓘ
lawsuit ⓘ property dispute ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Temple Lot Case
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple Lot Litigation
Temple Lot Case ⓘ
surface form:
Temple Lot Suit
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| appealDecisionYear |
1895
ⓘ
1896 ⓘ |
| appealedTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ |
| city | Independence ⓘ |
| concerns |
Independence Temple Lot
ⓘ
ownership of temple site ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| court |
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Missouri
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| dateFiled | 1891 ⓘ |
| decidedIn | 1894 ⓘ |
| defendant | Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Latter Day Saint historical scholarship
ⓘ
U.S. federal court reports ⓘ |
| endTime | 1896 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
clarified civil treatment of church succession claims
ⓘ
confirmed Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ownership of Independence Temple Lot ⓘ influenced later Latter Day Saint property disputes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Temple Lot Case
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
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| holding |
Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
ⓘ
surface form:
Church of Christ (Temple Lot) retained title to Temple Lot
Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes
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| involvesParty |
Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
ⓘ
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hedrickite Latter Day Saints
Community of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western District of Missouri ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
ecclesiastical succession in Latter Day Saint movement
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religious schism and succession ⓘ title to real property ⓘ |
| legalName |
Community of Christ
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surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ
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| location | Independence, Missouri ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
Community of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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| relatedTo |
Independence Temple Lot
ⓘ
Kirtland Temple legal disputes ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter Day Saint movement
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form:
Mormonism
|
| result |
Temple Lot Case
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot
judgment for Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ⓘ |
| startTime | 1891 ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Latter Day Saint movement history ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
church property law
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religious freedom and civil courts ⓘ |
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Subject: Temple Lot Case Description of subject: The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
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