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UNITED CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS v. FIRST CH. OF CHRIST

No. 85-5959.

829 F.2d 1152 (1987)

UNITED CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS, et al. v. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Kolb, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Arnold P. Messing, Boston, Mass., with whom Margaret H. Marshall, Boston, Mass., was on the brief, for appellees. David J. Hensler and Elliot M. Minceberg, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for appellees.

Ronald A. Krauss, New York City, was on the brief for American Jewish Congress, amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, ROBINSON, Circuit Judge, and EDWARD D. RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this case is the constitutional validity of Private Law 92-60,1 which grants appellant, Christian Science Board of Directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist (First Church), an extended copyright on all editions of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (Science and Health), the...

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