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PURI v. KHALSA

No. 13-36024.

844 F.3d 1152 (2017)

Bibiji Inderjit Kaur PURI; Ranbir Singh Bhai; Kamaljit Kaur Kohli; Kulbir Singh Puri, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sopurkh Kaur KHALSA; Peraim Kaur Khalsa; Siri Ram Kaur Khalsa; Siri Karm Kaur Khalsa; Kartar Singh Khalsa; Karam Singh Khalsa; Roy Lambert; Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, an Oregon Professional Corporation; Lewis M. Horowitz; Lane Powell PC, an Oregon Professional Corporation; Unto Infinity, LLC, an Oregon Limited Liability Company; Siri Singh Sahib Corporation, an Oregon non-profit corporation; Does, 1 through 5, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 6, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Surjit P. Soni (argued) and Leo E. Lundberg, Jr. , The Soni Law Firm, Pasadena, California; R. Scott Palmer , Watkinson Laird Rubenstein Baldwin & Burgess P.C., Eugene, Oregon; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paul J.C. Southwick (argued) and John F. McGrory, Jr. , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Defendants-Appellees Unto Infinity, LLC; Siri Singh Sahib Corporation; Kartar Singh Khalsa; Karam Singh Khalsa; Peraim Kaur Khalsa; Siri Karm Kaur Khalsa; and Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa.

Janet M. Schroer (argued), Portland, Oregon; Ralph E. Cromwell, Jr. , Byrnes Keller Cromwell LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Defendants-Appellants Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

Susan E. Watts (argued), Portland, Oregon; Joseph C. Arellano , Kennedy Watts Arellano LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Defendants-Appellees Lane Powell PC and Lewis M. Horowitz.

Leslie S. Johnson , Kent & Johnson LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Defendant-Appellee Siri Ram Kaur Khalsa.

Stephen C. Voorhees and Candice R. Broock , Kilmer Voorhees & Laurick PC, Portland, Oregon, for Defendant-Appellee Roy Lambert.

Susan Bower and Rebecca M. Auten , Assistant Attorneys General; Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, Oregon; for Amicus Curiae State of Oregon.

Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Marsha S. Berzon and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This appeal concerns a dispute over the control of two nonprofit entities associated with the Sikh Dharma religious community. The plaintiffs, the widow and children of the late spiritual leader of the Sikh Dharma faith, brought claims against various individuals and entities alleging several interlocking...

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