Legal Opinion
Schuppin v. Unification Church
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided July 1, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-87PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFRIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Eric and Elizabeth Schuppin on their own behalf, and as next friends of their daughter, Tamara, instituted this action to remove Tamara from the Unification Church, also known as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. Plaintiffs seek declaratory relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and such other relief as the Court deems meet and just.
The Unification Church is putatively a religious organization under the spiritual leadership of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a citizen of Korea and a resident alien who resides in the…
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