Greater Ministries International Legal Cases Reach the U.S. Supreme Court (02/16/05) In January 2005, a case involving Greater Ministries members David Whitfield and Haywood Hall reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Whitfield and Hall had earlier been convicted of participating in a money laundering conspiracy. The court rejected their appeal. In 2004 Hall was successful in getting his 15-year sentence reduced, in his conviction for his part in a pyramid scheme. More