The Board of Trustees of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., etc. et al. v. Perdido Bay Methodist Church, Inc., etc. et al.

FIRST D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2025-1409
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T HE B OARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
A LABAMA -W EST FLORIDA
C ONFERENCE OF THE UNITED
M ETHODIST C HURCH, I NC ., a
foreign not-for-profit
corporation, on its own behalf
and ex rel. PERDIDO B AY UNITED
M ETHODIST C HURCH; THE
PENSACOLA DISTRICT B OARD OF
M ETHODIST M ISSIONS, I NC ., a
Florida not-for-profit
corporation; DAVID W. GRAVES;
JONATHAN H OLSTON; E MILY
KINCAID; and JEAN TIPPIT ,
Petitioners,
v.
PERDIDO B AY M ETHODIST
C HURCH, I NC ., a Florida not-for-
profit corporation, f/k/a PERDIDO
B AY UNITED M ETHODIST
C HURCH, I NC ., a Florida not-for-
profit corporation; G EORGE G.
W OODWARD, JR .; M ARCUS
LAWRENCE ; JIM LAWHON ; LES
W ESTERMAN ; PEGGY B ULLION ;
A NNIE GRIFFIN ; H AYDEN WARD;
A LLEN E VANS; R ICHARD NELSON ;
LEVI GARDNER ; and SCOTT
H OHN ,

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Respondents.
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Petition for Writ of Prohibition—Original Jurisdiction.
October 16, 2026
P ER C URIAM.
DENIED.
ROBERTS, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur.
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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Gregory A. Hearing, Sacha Dyson, and Charles J. Thomas of Bush
Graziano Rice & Hearing, P.A., Tampa; and William A. Bond of
McDonald Fleming, Pensacola, for Petitioners.
Jeremy D. Bailie of Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg;
and David C. Gibbs, III of The National Center for Life and
Liberty, Clearwater; and Philip A. Bates of Philip A. Bates, P.A.,
Pensacola, for Respondents.