Legal Opinion
General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. McGill
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2010No. 09-5723PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists (“General Conference Corporation”) and General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (“General Conference”) sued Walter McGill for trademark infringement based on McGill’s use of their protected marks in advertising and promoting his breakaway church. McGill brought a motion to dismiss based on the Free Exercise Clause and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), which the district court denied. The district court later granted partial summary judgment for the plaintiffs. After…
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