# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S204
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STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION

8.21 Jurisdiction of District Commissions

District Commissions on Adjudication shall have
jurisdiction in the following situations:

a. Procedural questions involved in excommuni-
cation cases.

b. Cases under Article XIII of the Constitution,

c. Cases in which a member of the Synod shall
have been removed from the called position which he
holds with a congregation which is a member of the
Synod.

d. Cases in which a person, whether or not a
member of the Synod, is removed from the position
which he holds with a District of the Synod.

e. Cases involving differences between congrega-
tions within the same District or between a congrega-
tion and its District.

8.23 Venue of District Commissions

A District Commission on Adjudication shall
handle matters involving parties all of which hold
membership in such District, provided that if an
individual whois a party to such matter has changed
his membership subsequent to the occurrence which
gives rise to the controversy, the Commission on
Adjudication for the District in which the occurrence
took place shall handle such matter.

8.25 Jurisdiction of the Synodical
Commission

The Synodical Commission on Adjudication shall
have jurisdiction in the following situations:

a. All matters in which the Synod itself is a party.

b. All matters in which a District ofthe Synodisa
party except

1. Cases involving explusion under Article XIII of
the Constitution:

2. Cases in which a person, whether or not a
member of the Synod, is removed from the position
which he holds with that District of the Synod;

3. Cases involving that District and a congrega-
tion within that District.

Each of these exceptions shall be handled by the
Commission on Adjudication of the District in which
the person or congregation involved held his or its
synodical membership.

c. All matters in which an organization owned
and controlled by the Synod is a party.

d. Allmattersinwhicha person, whether or nota
member of the Synod, holding a position with either
the Synod or an organization owned and controlled
by the Synod, is a party except

1. Cases involving procedural questions in
excommunication, which shall always be handled by
the Commission on Adjudication of the District in
which exists the congregation which is responsible
for the excommunication:

2. Cases involving expulsion under Article XIII of
the Constitution, which shall be handled by such
Districts’ Commissions on Adjudication.

e. All matters involving members of the Synod
who hold, and who held at the time of the occurrence
which gives rise to the controversy, their synodical
membership in different Districts.

8.27 Jurisdiction or Venue of Commmission
Disputed

Where jurisdiction or venue of a Commission on
Adjudication is disputed, the Commission on Appeals

a case (Bylaw 8.61), the provision of Bylaw 8.19b
shall prevail for that case only.

C. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSIONS
ON ADJUDICATION AND APPEAL

8.31 Jurisdiction of District Commissions

District Commissions on Adjudication shall have
jurisdiction in the following situations:

a. Procedural questions involved in excommuni-
cation cases.

b. Cases under Article XIII of the Constitution.

c. Cases in which a member of the Synod shall
have been removed from the position which he holds
in a congregation which is a member of the Synod.

d. Cases in which a person, whether or not a
member of the Synod, is removed from the position
which he holds in a District of the Synod.

e. Cases involving differences between congrega-
tions within the same District or between a congrega-
tion and its District.

8.33 Venue of District Commmissions

A District Commission on Adjudication shall
handle matters involving parties all of which hold
membership in the District or positions in the District
or in congregations in the District. If an individual
who is a party to the case has changed his member-
ship subsequent to the occurrence which gives rise to
the controversy, the Commission on Adjudication for
the District in which the occurrence took place shall
handle the case.

8.35 Jurisdiction of the Synodical
Commission

The synodical Commission on Adjudication shall
have jurisdiction in the following situations:

a. All mattersin which the Synod itself is a party.

b. All matters in which a District of the Synodisa
party except—

1. cases involving expulsion under Article XIII of
the Constitution;

2. cases in which a person, whether or not a
member of the Synod, is removed from the position
which he holds in that District of the Synod;

3. cases involving that District and a congrega-
tion within that District.

Each of these exceptions shall be handled by the
Commission on Adjudication of the District in which
the person or congregation involved held synodical
membership, or held a position.

c. All matters in which an organization owned
and controlled by the Synod other than a District is a
party.

d. All matters in which a person, whether or nota
member of the Synod, holding a position in either the
Synod or an organization owned and controlled by
the Synod otherthan a District is a party except those
to which Bylaws 8.31 a and 8.31 b are applicable.

e. All matters involving members of the Synod
who hold or held their synodical membership in
different Districts at the time of the occurrence which
gave rise to the controversy.

8.37 Jurisdiction or Venue of Commission
Disputed

Where jurisdiction or venue of a Commission on
Adjudication is disputed, the Commission on Appeals