Legal Opinion

Kevin McCarthy v. Patricia Fuller

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 10, 2013No. 12-2157, 12-2257, 12-2262PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These three interlocutory appeals arise from a complicated and acrimonious litigation, charging RICO, trademark, and copyright violations along with Indiana torts, that has been percolating in the district court for almost five years. The origins of the litigation go back to 1956, when Sister Mary Ephrem (born, Mildred Neuzil), a Catholic Sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus (often referred to just as the Congregation of the Sisters of the Precious Blood), had experienced a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, in the course…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. MilivojevichSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  2. Listecki Ex Rel. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust v. Official Committee of Unsecured CreditorsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  3. Jusino v. Fed'n of Cath. Tchrs., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2022
  4. Belya v. KapralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2022
  5. Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014

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