Continued Hearing On "Related Cases" July 8

On a hearing on the St Mary of the Angels "Related Cases" (the suits and countersuits surrounding the Rector, Wardens, and Vestry case), on January 8, Judge Murphy continued the matter for six months, until July 8. It appears that this is still scheduled, and if I can confirm this, I will attend this hearing. In January, Mr Lancaster argued that since Judge Strobel's decision was under appeal, the appeals court's decision would be "dispository". However, although Mr Lancaster was confident the appeals court would rule within six months, this hasn't happened.

The vestry's position continues to be, in part, that Judge Strobel extracted from Lancaster & Anastasia the concession before trial rolled forward, September 23-25, 2015, that the outcome of that trial would be dispositive of the "Three Related Cases." In addition, based on the 2014 appeals court decision, the Bush group is not the legal rector, wardens, and vestry and does not have standing to sue in the "Related Cases".

It appears that the vestry's counsel will move again for the judge to dismiss the "Related Cases" based on lack of standing by the Bush group and award punitive damages to the vestry. We'll see how this goes.