In re THE BIBLE SPEAKS, Debtor.
Elizabeth DOVYDENAS, Plaintiff, Appellee,
v.
THE BIBLE SPEAKS, Defendant, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard October 4, 1988.
Decided March 9, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Norman Roy Grutman with whom Jewel H. Bjork, Grutman Miller Greenspoon & Hendler, New York City, Henry Paul Monaghan, Charles W. Morse, Jr., and Sullivan & Worcester, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellant.
Marjorie Heins, Massachusetts Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, Boston, Mass., and Cynthia Salten on brief for the Civ. Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae.
Lee Boothby, Julie B. Kaplan and Boothby, Ziprick & Yingst, Washington, D.C., on brief for Council on Religious Freedom and The Nat. Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., amici curiae.
Gordon T. Walker with whom Donald R. Frederico, Eric R. Dannenmaier, McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston, Mass., and Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.
Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
In this undue influence case, the defendant church, the Bible Speaks (TBS), appeals the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's finding of liability. See The Bible Speaks v. Dovydenas,81 B.R. 750 (D.Mass.1988) (TBS II); In re The Bible Speaks,73 B.R. 848 (Bankr.D.Mass.1987) (TBS I). The unique procedural history of the case was detailed...
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