HEREDITARY GUARDIANSHIP v. NAT. SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

No. 08-2306.

628 F.3d 837 (2010)

The NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF the BAHÁ'ÍS OF the UNITED STATES of America UNDER the HEREDITARY GUARDIANSHIP, INC., Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF the BAHÁ'ÍS OF the UNITED STATES of America, INC., Defendant-Appellant, v. Franklin D. Schlatter, Joel B. Marangella, Provisional National Bahá'í Council of the United States, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 23, 2010.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Dolan , Attorney, Jeffery A. Handelman (argued) , Attorney, Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

James A. Slowikowski , Attorney, Dickler, Kahn, Slowikowski, Arlington Heights, IL, Albert M. Bower (argued) , Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, James T. McClymonds (argued) , Attorney, Amsterdam, NY, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before BAUER, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a civil-contempt proceeding alleging violations of an injunction entered more than four decades ago. The case is complicated not just by the passage of time but also because it arises in the context of a religious schism, and the individuals and groups against whom contempt sanctions are sought were not parties to the original litigation. The underlying suit was a trademark and property dispute between the American Bahá...

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