Id. It was a good time of learning, growing, working, and fraternizing.One of the things that we learned is that there are many different jurisdictions in Masonry, many like the other. By meetings like this, Defendants were able to misappropriate Plaintiffs' "funds, revenue, name, numbers, assets, rituals, and other personalty without Plaintiffs' authorization or consent.". The Motion is hereby GRANTED in all other respects. The Organization of the King David Supreme Council grew out of the conferring in Philadelphia (1850) of the 33rd Degree by Count DeSaint Laurent (also, Larine) of the Supreme Council of France and the Grand Commander of the Council of Spain on David Leary, the first Black Inspector-General of the Prince Hall Scottish Rite. Oberg v. Pa. Higher Educ. King Solomon Consistory No. The United Supreme Council, AASRM, 33rd And Last Degree Of Freemasonry, For The Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction, USA emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the masonic community, and a desire for actions to speak louder than words. constitutes a fraud upon the original order and upon the public." The Defendants are grouped into two categories and have filed two separate motions to dismiss. dates itself from May 15, 1867. 16, 2016). Plaintiffs' bare assertions of "authority" and "exclusive jurisdiction" under their Constitution are simply without legal support. Indeed, by the terms of the Constitution, "Plaintiffs' members vow to maintain their loyalty to no United Supreme Council other than Plaintiffs within the Southern Jurisdiction." Today, Nevada, is in the Southern Jurisdiction and Arizona and New Mexico are States; Europe, England, Korea, Japan and the Middle East are also a part of the Southern Jurisdiction. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1912 ANTIQUE MAP OF SOUTHERN BAVARIA BAYERN MUNICH AUGSBURG ALPS GERMANY at the best online prices at eBay! From the Philadelphia Council, a Southern and Western Jurisdiction defected with Headquarters at Washington, D.C. 2014). Accordingly, in order to state a claim for a civil conspiracy, Plaintiffs must establish that an underlying tort has been committed. Org. Plaintiffs' Amended Complain does state a claim for unfair competition, tortious interference with contract, copyright infringement and trademark infringement. As specific evidence, Plaintiffs allege that they were aware of Defendants' false claims and demanded that they cease the unauthorized use of their intellectual property. This claim is devoid of facts. United Supreme Council, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction. Handy, 33 1881 - 1889, ILL. Thornton A. Jackson, (DC) 33/96 1889 - 1895, ILL. Dr. B.H. Larry D. Spires, 33 (IL) 2016 -, 2018 by The United Supreme Council, AASRM, 33rd And Last Degree Of Freemasonry, For The Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction, USA. Many organizations have split and split with the split for a reason. (quoting Restatement (Second) of Agency 1)). Something went wrong. Too often, we are concerned with our personal gain and blinded by the power and fame to let it all go and work for the good of the order. Reviews (0) The first Scottish Rite organization among African-Americans was the African Grand Council of 1820 in Philadelphia, which was referred to as the Council of Princes of Jerusalem. The second claim of conversion fails for a different reason. 53) was filed by the other three Defendants: USC-SJ II, Parris, Slaughter, and Williams (USC-SJ II Defendants). The mission of the United Supreme Council, 33 of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction of the USA is to serve as the College of Freemasonry for aspiring Master Masons seeking more light in the Scottish Rite; thereby, enhancing the knowledge base, providing the moral teachings of the did not allow the taking of any such vote regarding the grant of loyalty to a competing United Supreme Council." In 1881, the Councils convened and adopted a plan by which they merged into two jurisdictions; the New York and Philadelphia councils merged into the Supreme Council for the "Northern Jurisdiction" and the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. On hand to affix their names and seals to the document on September 7, 2022, were Sovereign Grand Commanders of the four mutually recognized Scottish Rite Jurisdictions in the U.S.A. Liam O'Grady United States District Judge. The names of the real signors on these accounts are all listed in the complaint, and yet none of them are Defendants here. Scottish Rite (Masonic order). The Aftermath(United Supreme Council) John G. Jones continued to operate his self-created United Supreme Council after his Permanent Suspension Chose the name of The United Supreme Council Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction of the U.S.A. and Canada Revived the old name of the USC . When a Council has a state "within its jurisdiction," Plaintiffs allege that the Council "ha[s] the right to establish its Bodies within the extension of that State's jurisdictional limits and have exclusive jurisdiction thereof." George Longe papers, 225. Do not sell or share my personal information, 1. In New York City, a Supreme Council of the United States was established in 1864. Id. Compl. Under this compact, the existing territories were divided between the two Supreme Councils, with any open territories declared "open territory" that was subject to invasion by any Prince Hall Affiliated Masonic Jurisdiction of the symbolic or first three degrees. A subscription to PACER is required. An introduction to Clandestine Freemasonry ILL. Thornton A. Jackson, (DC) 33/96 1878 - 1881, ILL. Rev. . Hechler Chevrolet, Inc. v. Gen. Motors Corp., 230 Va. 396, 402 (1985). Originally headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, the Supreme Council was relocated to Washington, D.C. after the Civil War. This is an open forum for intellectual dialog, conversation, questions, comments, ideas, and debate. It is a monumental building by the famous architect John Russell Pope, whose accomplishments include the National Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Westbuilding . The organization was founded in 1907 by then Lt. Grand Commander and Ill. Deputy of the District GRAND UNITED SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE SOVEREIGN INSPECTOR GENERAL ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE MASONS, AND THIRTY THIRD AND LAST DEGREE OF FREE MASONRY, FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND ORIENT, AND WORLD, DISTRICT U.S.A. is a California Non-Profit Corporation - Ca - Mutual Benefit filed on June 29, 1976. in Supp., Ex. Moreover, Plaintiffs have not alleged that any of the Defendants actually took control of these accounts. There are soo many questions that need to be addressed, but I am sooo happy that we have started a dialog that may create some answers to this age-old problem of divide and conquer. Also in 1864, a separate Supreme Council was formed in New York, which was made up of members from the National Compact Grand Lodge, from which a Southern Jurisdiction split off with the Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction. --------. State Farm Mut. [5] [6] They assert that the subordinate bodies were "commissioned and chartered by, and under the exclusive jurisdiction, dominion, and control of, Plaintiffs . He still stands today as perhaps the single most influential Masonic scholar in Western history. Put simply, Plaintiffs do not allege at any point that they believed in the legitimacy of USC-SJ II, and therefore they could not have reasonably relied on Defendants' assertions of authority. On November 29, 2015, Defendant Parris then published a "Letter of Dispensation" on Plaintiffs' letterhead that encouraged Plaintiffs' members and its Subordinate Bodies to abandon Plaintiffs in lieu of Defendant USC-SJ II. Following these factual recitations, Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint alleges the following 10 counts against Defendants: (1) Unfair Competition; (2) Conspiracy to Commit Unfair Competition; (3) Fraud; (4) Conspiracy to Commit Fraud; (5) Tortious Interference with Contract; (6) Conspiracy to Commit Tortious Interference with Contract; (7) Conversion -Banking Accounts/Securities Held by Federally Chartered Financial Institution; (8) Conversion -Other Personalty; (9) Copyright Infringement; and (10) Trademark Infringement. Greener, Richard Theodore, 1844-1922 -- Freemasonry. at 555. Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. As a result of the conference of the Sovereign Grand Commanders of the two Supreme Councils, Northern and Southern Jurisdictions A.A.S.R., P.H.A., on August 2, 1966, were established at the Cathedral, Fitzwater & Mole St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program, This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. Neither of these claims can survive the motion to dismiss. The first alleged wrongful act came on the tails of an attempted coup that occurred on October 10, 2015 at an annual meeting of Plaintiff USC-SJ Tennessee. Car & Truck Safety & Security Accessories, 1912 ANTIQUE MAP OF SOUTHERN BAVARIA BAYERN MUNICH AUGSBURG ALPS GERMANY, Top-rated Plus. United States: Standard Shipping from Canada: Estimated between Mon, Mar 6 and Mon, Mar 13 to 23917 48 in stock. Refresh your browser window to try again. Box 16787 3385 Airways Blvd. We are PHA Affiliated Freemasons practicing the Scottish Rite in the state of Georgia. 48) was filed by Defendants Roger Brown and the Grand Lodge ("Grand Lodge Defendants"). Principally, if Plaintiffs enjoy exclusive authority over the Southern Jurisdiction (as they claim), then they would be well aware that any assertion of overlapping or competing authority was false. Masonic inquirer and thought about what Masonry is and how to become one. Antoine Lilly. Bonds v. Leavitt, 629 F.3d 369, 385 (4th Cir. Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to United Supreme Council, 2065 Nonconnah Blvd. Indeed, the Court may not rely on mere "labels and conclusions" or the Complaint's "formulaic recitation of the elements of a given cause of action. . 86936462, filed on March 10, 2016, and titled "Order of the Golden Circles." Fifth, as evidence of the conspiracy, Plaintiffs point to a published letter from Roger Brown to Ralph Slaughter on March 3, 2016. Plaintiffs' first conversion claim focuses on the bank accounts of its subordinate bodies. 2011) (internal quotation marks omitted). 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