Legal Opinion
Cult Awareness Network, Inc. v. Martino (In re Cult Awareness Network, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1998No. 97-3002PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The Cult Awareness Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in the midst of bankruptcy, wants to object to the trustee’s sale of its trade name to a purchaser who it believes will use the name to promote cults. We hold that the Cult Awareness Network lacks standing to object because it has no pecuniary interest in the disposal of its estate.
I. HISTORY
The Cult Awareness Network is a nonprofit corporation which engages in public information, anti-cult advocacy, and cult-victim support. Because of extreme litigation costs and adverse legal judgments against it, the Cult…
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