January’s unanimous court ruling against James Huntsman’s tithing lawsuit was an acknowledgement of the integrity of the use of tithing donations by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church said Thursday in a news release .
A panel of judges from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 11-0 in favor of the church on Jan. 31, finding that Huntsman’s claims that the church misused tithing funds weren’t worth a trial.
“Unanimous decisions of this nature are rare and remarkable,” the church said in its statement Thursday, “and the judges sent a clear message in their ruling: ‘No reasonable juror could conclude that the church misrepresented the source of funds for the City Creek project.’”…