There are 3 elements that the Appeals Courts will decide before it will hear the case: 1 Subject matter 2 Justicability 3 Natural Justice
Case law establishes that secular Courts while remaining religiously neutral have a yellow light to proceed with cases of a religious nature but have a green light to go ahead with religious cases that involve distribution of property and assets. The Appellants argue that there is a contractual relationship between church and member that can be secularly adjudicated pointing to natural justice.
Everything considered, it the Court decides to take the case, it cannot compel the JW community to fellowship with the shunned member and it cannot regulate JW membership. But it can -just as it did with Conti- compel WT to follow its own standards or Religious process and it can look at damages resulting from wt failure to do so ( If Court determines that it did) in this particular case because it involves a financial loss.