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murmurer and complainer, even as the scriptures have foretold. (Jude 4–16; 1Cor. 4:3; Rom 14:4) The members of the board of directors hereby resent the unjust criticism appearing in that letter, disapprove of the writer and his actions, and recommend the president of the
Society immediately terminate the relationship of O. R. Moyle to the Society as legal counsel and as a member of the Bethel family.
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For four years past the writer of that letter has been entrusted with the confidential matters of the
Society. It now appears that the writer of that letter, without excuse, libels the family of God at Bethel, and identifies himself as one who speaks evil against the Lord's organization, and who is a
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headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract
Society to serve as its legal counsel, heading its newly formed Legal Department. The department had been established by Rutherford to help Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the US mount court cases to defend themselves amid increasing opposition to their
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language" and a "glorification" of alcohol. Moyle said that
Rutherford had "many many homes, to wit, Bethel, Staten Island, California" and deplored "the difference between the accommodations furnished to you, and your personal attendants, compared with those furnished to some of your brethren".
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On July 21, 1939, Moyle wrote an open letter of resignation to
Rutherford, protesting over conditions at Bethel, the Watch Tower Society's Brooklyn headquarters, including what he described as ill treatment of workers, discrimination by Rutherford, the use and encouragement of "filthy and vulgar
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The initial jury verdict was affirmed twice on appeal; first by the five member
Appellate Division, 2nd Department (3-2); and second, unanimously, by the seven members of the state's highest court, The Court of Appeals, in the capitol at Albany.
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Although Moyle had advised his resignation would take effect on
September 1, the Watch Tower board dismissed him immediately and he returned to his home congregation in Wisconsin. On October 15, 1939 the directors responded in the pages of
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case to the
Supreme Court. Rutherford himself argued the case before the Supreme Court in 1940, and the Court ruled against Jehovah's Witnesses by a vote of 8-1. Three years later the Supreme Court overruled this decision in
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from 1935 to 1939. He helped represent
Jehovah's Witnesses in two cases before the United States Supreme Court, which set new precedents on First Amendment freedoms. A dispute with Watch Tower Society president
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case, and had won at the trial court level as well as at the appellate level. However, after Moyle's removal from the case, the Minersville School District appealed the
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Moyle v. Rutherford et al., 261 App. Div. 968; 26 N.Y.S. 2d 860; Moyle v. Franz et al., 267 App. Div. 423; 46 N.Y.S. 2d 607; Moyle v. Franz et al., 47 N.Y.S. 484.
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preaching and stance on flag salute. Rutherford and Moyle jointly represented the Watch Tower Society in various lawsuits. In 1938, Moyle won the
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in its national list of "bank recommended attorneys".
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by J. Gordon Melton, McGrath Pub. Co., 1978, page 327
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Olin R. Moyle v. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
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Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
740:West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
714:condemning his support of "Fascist" Catholicism.
1151:The Encyclopedia of American Religions, Volume 2
817:Moyle later served as the vice president of the
776:Joseph F. Rutherford, The Watchtower, 1939-10-15
1122:Rand McNally List of Bank-recommended Attorneys
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951:SCHNEIDER v. NEW JERSEY, 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
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893:Lovell v. City of Griffin
876:"Schneider v. New Jersey"
837:United Israel World Union
704:Lovell v. City of Griffin
675:United Israel World Union
560:Handling child sex abuse
218:Memorial of Jesus' Death
54:Organizational structure
905:The Jehovah's Witnesses
863:As Retrieved 2013-11-30
565:Unfulfilled predictions
115:Unfulfilled predictions
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342:Watch Tower presidents
95:Bible Student movement
1022:A People For His Name
949:, U.S. Supreme Court
924:A People For His Name
797:over the response in
283:New World Translation
110:Doctrinal development
1139:Retrieved 2010-08-16
922:Wills, Tony (2006).
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903:Herbert W. Stroup,
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656:Olin Richmond Moyle
608:Supreme Court cases
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77:Corporations
1202:1966 deaths
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1088:Consolation
718:Resignation
594:Persecution
495:O. R. Moyle
490:R. V. Franz
466:J. N. Darby
402:D. A. Adams
386:F. W. Franz
375:N. H. Knorr
198:Eschatology
1186:Categories
886:2009-01-23
849:References
813:Later life
781:Moyle was
610:by country
581:Opposition
434:Henry Grew
253:Literature
236:Discipline
175:God's name
133:By country
891:See also
695:Wisconsin
691:Wauwatosa
549:Criticism
193:Salvation
158:Practices
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793:and the
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529:Zoe Knox
46:Overview
21:a series
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734:Gobitis
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