WORD OF FAITH WORLD OUTREACH CENTER CHURCH, INC. v. MORALES

No. 92-8178.

986 F.2d 962 (1993)

WORD OF FAITH WORLD OUTREACH CENTER CHURCH, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dan MORALES, Attorney General of Texas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renea Hicks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Charitable Trusts Sec., and Joe K. Crews, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Consumer Protection Div., Austin, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Diane M. Henson, Boyce C. Cabaniss, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, TX and J.C. Joyce, Joyce & Pollare, Tulsa, OK, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Texas Attorney General appeals the district court's injunction permanently prohibiting him from attempting to obtain certain records and documents from the Word of Faith Family Church ("Word of Faith") and enjoining him from further prosecuting the state court action in which he sought them. In a diligent and well-intentioned effort to resolve the competing considerations, the district court found that the Attorney General's threatened...

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