(Atlanta Voice) — The question of who will run the historic Southern Christian Leadership Conference remains in limbo. After months of combative infighting and legal wrangling, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Alford Dempsey Jr. is expected to rule soon on which SCLC board has the legal right to govern the organization.
Dempsey, who received the case Friday, did not say when he would rule, but many insiders believe the decision could be announced as early as this week.
Dueling SCLC factions split last fall over allegations of financial mismanagement by the embattled chairman and treasurer, who have refused to step aside pending federal and local investigations. Divided allegiances have created the perception of two SCLC factions conducting the organization’s business independent of one another.
