VAAD L'HAFOTZAS SICHOS v. KEHOT PUBLICATION SOC

10-CV-4976 (FB) (JO).

156 F.Supp.3d 363 (2016)

VAAD L'HAFOTZAS SICHOS, INC., Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant v. KEHOT PUBLICATION SOCIETY, a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Inc., Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Zalman Chanin, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

Signed January 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell C. Shapiro, Brandon Jon Isaacson, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, 2 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, for the Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant and Third-Party Defendant.

J. Christopher Jensen, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, for the Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff/Third-Party Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge.

Since the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the "Rebbe"), a religious dispute has divided the Chabad Lubavitch community. A minority of the community, including counterclaim defendants Vaad L'Hafotzas Sichos, Inc. ("Vaad") and Zalman Chanin, holds the belief that the Rebbe is the Messiah and still lives. This messianic belief has caused a rift that has spawned a spate of litigation. The Court...

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