Filing Deadlines
Deadlines for Submission of Briefs for Docket item 0524-004 (5/1/24):
- Thursday, May 2, 2024: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be received by 8:00 a.m. EDT.
- Any party wishing to file a brief must answer all five questions and should not exceed five pages.
- There will be no Reply Briefs and hard copies are not required.
Download the revised Brief Submission Form for full instructions and a hard copy mailing address.
Digital files for electronic filing should be transmitted to Martha Cave, at [email protected].
Correspondence for the Judicial Council should be directed to the Secretary:
Rev. Dr. Kabamba Kiboko, Judicial Council Secretary, at
[email protected].
Docket 0524-001
IN RE: Petition from the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision regarding ¶ 710.4.
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Docket 0524-002
IN RE: Petition from the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision regarding ¶ 2602.1.
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Docket 0524-003
IN RE: Petition from the General Conference for a Declaratory Decision regarding youth representation on the Commission of the General Conference.
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Docket 0524-004
IN RE: Request for a declaratory decision on the meaning, application, and effect of ¶¶ 408.1b and 357.
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Docket 0524-005
IN RE: Request for a declaratory decision regarding Petition 20299 (¶ 409) already adopted as a calendar item.
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Docket 0524-006
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the Constitutionality of Petition 21040 and Petition 21039 of the Regionalization Plan Concerning the Creation and Organization of Regional Conferences
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Docket 0524-007
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the meaning, application, and effect of ¶49.3 of the Book of Discipline.
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Docket 0524-008
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the legality and effect of the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy's proposals for the number of bishops in the U.S. jurisdictions.
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Docket 0524-009
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 2533 of the 2016 Book of Discipline Concerning the Right of the Board of Trustees of a Local Church to Adopt Policies Prohibiting the Conducting of Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies.
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Docket 0524-010
IN RE: General Conference Petition for a Declaratory Decision as to Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 32, Article 1 of the Constitution, and ¶ 602.4 and ¶ 602.6 of the 2016 Book of Discipline regarding the rights of Deaconesses to Membership, Participation, and Vote in the Annual Conference.
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Docket 0524-011
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference to clarify Judicial Council Decision 1501 regarding how ¶407 relates to ¶512.3, and whether a bishop elected in 2022 can be transferred to another jurisdiction in less time than contemplated by Judicial Council Decision 1501.
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Docket 0524-012
IN RE: IN RE: Request for a Declaratory Decision regarding the constitutionality and applicability of the amended Paragraph 101 as it relates to Paragraphs 27 and 31.5 and Article V of the Constitution.
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