Case Title: In Re: The Lorder's New Church Which is Nova Hierosolyma (Dissenting Statement)

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State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT IN RE: THE LORD'S NEW CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA HIEROSOLYMA v. PETITION OF: THE LORD'S NEW CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA HIEROSOLYMA AND NOVA DOMINI QUAE EST NOVA HIEROSOLYMA, THE LORD'S NEW CHURCH WHICH IS NOVA HIEROSOLYMA, : Petitioners : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 266 MAL 2003 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Opinion and Order of the Commonwealth Court DISSENTING STATEMENT MR. JUSTICE CASTILLE DECIDED: June 19, 2003 I dissent. I would uphold the well-reasoned decision of the Commonwealth Court. I believe that the five-day notice requirement for meetings under the Non-Profit Corporation Law, 15 Pa.C.S. § 5703(b), is the minimum notice and that the corporation’s bylaws cannot compress the time limitation. This matter itself demonstrates why the time limit must be a minimum, since various members of the charitable organization reside in the United States, South Africa and the Netherlands.