Legal Opinion
Society of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Inc. v. Archbishop Gregory of Denver
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 2, 2012No. 11-1262PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Interpretations and studies of theological texts have led to countless disputes throughout the ages. This appeal concerns a different form of conflict arising from one monastery’s translation of certain ancient religious texts, and another monastery’s unauthorized use of verbatim or near-verbatim copies of such texts on its Orthodox faith-devoted website. Seven, a number both religiously and factually significant, is the quantity of works the former monastery contends the latter infringed. The parties here let fly a legion of arguments and defenses as to why ultimate…
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