SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP v. ANANDA CHURCH

No. 97-17407.

206 F.3d 1322 (2000)

SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANANDA CHURCH OF SELF-REALIZATION, a California corporation; Fellowship of Inner Communion, a California corporation; James Walters, aka Sri Kriyananda, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Petrich, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Glenn W. Trost, Coudert Brothers, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, NOONAN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This litigation war between two rival churches concerns copyrights to the writings, photographs, and sound recordings of Swami Paramahansa Yogananda. The plaintiff, Self-Realization Fellowship Church ("SRF"), claims that it holds valid copyrights to all of the works. The defendants and admitted copiers are a breakaway church and its leader, Ananda Church of Self-Realization and James Walters ("Ananda"). They contend that none of the copyrights...

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