Legal Opinion
Wei Ye, Hao Wang, Does, A, B, C, D, E, F, and Others Similarly Situated v. Jiang Zemin and Falun Gong Control Office, A/K/A Office 610
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 2004No. 03-3989PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are practitioners of Fa-lun Gong, a spiritual movement of Chinese origin. Most of the appellants are current or past residents of the People’s Republic of China. In addition, two of the appellants are United States citizens and a third is an alien resident of Illinois. The appellants appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissing their lawsuit against the former President of China, Jiang Zemin, and an office of the Chinese Communist Party (the “Party”) allegedly established by Jiang for the…
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