Legal Opinion
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States v. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 23, 2010No. 08-2306PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a civil-contempt proceeding alleging violations of an injunction entered more than four decades ago. The case is complicated not just by the passage of time but also because it arises in the context of a religious schism, and the individuals and groups against whom contempt sanctions are sought were not parties to the original litigation. The underlying suit was a trademark and property dispute between the American Bahá’í church — formally known as the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States of America, Inc. (“National Spiritual…
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