Legal Opinion
Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 23, 2018No. 15–CV–1046PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge *521Table of Contents
I. Introduction...522
A. Background...522
B. Motions and Claims...523
II. Facts...525
A. Falun Gong...525
1. Background and Tenets...525
2. Expert Testimony...526
B. Suppression of Falun Gong in China...531
C. Conflict in Flushing New York...532
1. Plaintiffs' Accounts...533
2. Defendants' Accounts...534
D. Procedural History...535
III. Law
A. Summary Judgment Standard of Review...538
B. Religion in American Law...539
1. Historical Account...539
2. Current Approaches to Defining Religion...545
C. 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)...547
1. Background on…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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