Bruss v. Przybylo

              No. 2--06--0884 Filed: 9-26-08
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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
SECOND DISTRICT
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WILLIAM BRUSS and MARIANNE BRUSS, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
) of Du Page County.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, ))
v. ) No. 06--MR--547
)
CHESTER JOHN PRZYBYLO, JOHN )
SUICH, BEVERLY SUICH, JOE VALDEZ, )
CARL SCHAEFFER, BILL KLASKE, )
DANIEL MORENO, and DELORES )
DOOLEY, ) Honorable
) Edward R. Duncan, Jr.,
Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge, Presiding.
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JUSTICE O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs, William and Marianne Bruss, appeal the order of the circuit court of Du Page
County dismissing with prejudice their complaint pursuant to two separate motions to dismiss
brought by defendants, Father Chester John Przybylo, John Suich, Beverly Suich, Joe Valdez, Carl
Schaeffer, Bill Klaske, Daniel Moreno, and Delores Dooley, under sections 2--615 and 2--619 of the
Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2--615, 2--619 (West 2006)). Plaintiffs contend that
the court erred in dismissing their complaint, because they stated property claims not subject to the
ecclesiastical abstention doctrine (see Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of
America & Canada v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 49 L. Ed. 2d 151, 96 S. Ct. 2372 (1976)