RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER v. WOLLERSHEIM

No. 85-6547.

796 F.2d 1076 (1986)

RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER and Church of Scientology International, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Larry WOLLERSHEIM, et al., Defendants, and Church of the New Civilization, Harvey Haber, Dede Reisdorf, Jon Zegel and David Mayo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Yanny, Herzig & Yanny, Beverly Hills, Cal., Earle C. Cooley, Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones, P.C., Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael J. Treman, Santa Barbara, Cal., Richard C. Brautigam, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Before PREGERSON, POOLE and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

The Church of the New Civilization ("new church") is a splinter from the Church of Scientology ("Church"). The Church alleged that certain scriptural materials offered by the new church were copies of materials stolen from the Church. Recognizing federal jurisdiction under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act ("RICO"), the district court held that the Church's materials constituted a trade secret and granted the Church a...

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