Legal Opinion
Lockman Foundation v. Evangelical Alliance Mission Evangelical Alliance Mission of Japan Kenneth G. McVety
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1991No. 89-56230PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a dispute over the translation of a version of the Bible into several Asian languages, particularly Japanese. The Lockman Foundation (“Lock-man”) sued The Evangelical Alliance Mission (“TEAM”), TEAM’S alleged alter ego in Japan, called TEAM/Domei, and McVety, a TEAM/Domei representative in Japan, in federal district court in California, alleging various copyright and noncopy-right counts, including a RICO violation, arising under United States, Japanese and California law. 1 The district court dismissed the case on the ground of forum non conveniens.…
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