LOCKMAN FOUND. v. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE MISSION

No. 89-56230.

930 F.2d 764 (1991)

LOCKMAN FOUNDATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE MISSION; Evangelical Alliance Mission of Japan; Kenneth G. McVety, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Treat, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., John F. Flannery, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, Chicago, Ill., Richard A. Clark, Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edmond M. Connor, Dean J. Zipser, Paula Perez-Pena and David A. Delman, Morrison & Foerster, Irvine, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, BOOCHEVER and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


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 ("Lockman") 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 noncopyright counts, including a RICO violation, arising under...

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