ZOROASTRIAN CENTER v. RUSTAM GUIV FOUND.

No. 14-1841.

822 F.3d 739 (2016)

ZOROASTRIAN CENTER AND DARB-E-MEHR OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUSTAM GUIV FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK; Mehraban Shahrvini, Trustee; Daryoush Jahanian, a/k/a Dariush Jahanian, Trustee, Defendants-Appellees, and Soroosh Sorooshian; Bruce Nadjmi; Khosro Mehrfar, Appellees, and Esfandiar Anoushiravani, Trustee; Keikhosro Mobed, Trustee; Rostam Ghaibi, Trustee; Jamshid Varza, Trustee; Rostam Sarfeh, Trustee, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Lee Vaughn, Jr. , O'Connor & Vaughn LLC, Reston, Virginia, for Appellant. Billy Bernard Ruhling, II , Troutman Sanders LLP, Tysons Corner, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Massie P. Cooper , Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge KEENAN joined.


The Zoroastrian Center and Darb-E-Mehr of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. ("The Center") is a nonprofit entity dedicated to the advancement and practice of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion. Rustam Guiv Foundation ("Rustam Guiv") is a charitable trust with a similar mission.1 As part of a...

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