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9 citation events (4 in the last 25 years) across 3 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound, Florida, Inc. v. the Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. (fladistctapp, 2026-04-08)
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discussed Cited "see" First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound, Florida, Inc. v. the Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc.
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2026 · signal: see · confidence high
See Mills v. Baldwin, 362 So. 2d 2 , 4–5 (Fla. 1979) (Mills I) (quashing a district court decision that had applied “neutral principles of law” and adhering to the hierarchical deference approach), vacated and remanded, 443 U.S. 914 (1979), reinstated, Mills v. Baldwin, 377 So. 2d 971 (Fla. 1979) (Mills II) (reinstating Mills I as “not inconsistent” with Jones v. Wolf), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 983 (1980); New Jerusalem Church of God, 147 So. 3d at 29 (“The history of Mills makes it ‘apparent that Florida has made the decision to apply the deference to church authority approach whe…
cited Cited "see" New Jerusalem Church of God, Inc. v. Sneads Community Church, Inc.
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 2013 · signal: see · confidence high
See Mills v. Baldwin, 377 So.2d 971 (Fla.1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Franzen v. Poulos
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1992 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Mills v. Baldwin, 362 So.2d 2 (Fla.1978), vacated, 443 U.S. 914 , 99 S.Ct. 3105 , 61 L.Ed.2d 878 (1979), reinstated, 377 So.2d 971 (Fla.1979) cert. denied 446 U.S. 983 , 100 S.Ct. 2964 , 64 L.Ed.2d 839 (1980); Townsend v. Teagle, 467 So.2d 772 (Fla. 1st DCA) review denied 479 So.2d 118 (Fla.1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Presbytery of Beaver-Butler v. Middlesex Presbyterian Church
Pa. · 1985 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Mills v. Baldwin, 362 So.2d 2 (Fla. 1978) vacated, 443 U.S. 914 , 99 S.Ct. 3105 , 61 L.Ed.2d 878 (1979) reinstated 377 So.2d 971 (Fla.1980) cert. denied 446 U.S. 983 , 100 S.Ct. 2964 , 64 L.Ed.2d 839 (1980); Fonken v. Community Church of Kamrar, 339 N.W.2d 810 (Iowa 1983); Bennison v. Sharp, 121 Mich.App. 705 , 329 N.W.2d 466 (1982); Tea v. Protestant Episcopal Church, 96 Nev. 399 , 610 P.2d 182 (1980); Protestant Episcopal Church v. Graves, 83 N.J. 572 , 417 A.2d 19 (1980) cert. denied 449 U.S. 1131 , 101 S.Ct. 954 , 67 L.Ed.2d 119 (1981); Church of God of Madison v. Noel, 318 S.E.…
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Craig MILLS et al., Petitioners,
v.
John P. BALDWIN, Etc., et al., Respondents.
51588.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct 25, 1979.
377 So. 2d 971
Per Curiam.
Cited by 2 opinions  |  Published

C. Graham Carothers of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for petitioners.

F.E. Steinmeyer, III of Folsom & Steinmeyer, Tallahassee, for respondents.

Raymer F. Maguire, Jr. of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for James E. Andrews, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, amicus curiae.

Edward D. Foreman and James W. Martin of Brickley & Martin, St. Petersburg, for William P. Thompson, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of The United Presbyterian Church in The United States of America, and for Robert L. Thompson, Executive Presbyter of The Presbytery of West Florida, Synod of The South, of The United Presbyterian Church in The United States of America, amicus curiae.

ON REMAND

PER CURIAM.

Upon a grant of certiorari, reported at ___ U.S. ___, 99 S.Ct. 3105, 61 L.Ed.2d 878 (1979), the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the judgment of this Court in Mills v. Baldwin, 362 So.2d 2 (Fla. 1978), and remanded the cause for further consideration in light of Jones v. Wolf, ___ U.S. ___, 99 S.Ct. 3020, 61 L.Ed.2d 775 (1979). We have carefully reviewed Jones v. Wolf and find our decision in Mills v. Baldwin to be not inconsistent with the principles enunciated therein.

Accordingly, our decision in Mills v. Baldwin is hereby reinstated and the cause is remanded to the District Court of Appeal, First District, for proceedings not inconsistent with this decision.

It is so ordered.

ENGLAND, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, SUNDBERG and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.

BOYD, J., dissents.