SOCIETY OF HOLY TRANSFIGURATION v. GREGORY

No. 11-1262.

689 F.3d 29 (2012)

SOCIETY OF the HOLY TRANSFIGURATION MONASTERY, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Archbishop GREGORY of Denver, Colorado, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris L. Ingold , with whom Ingold Law, LLC, Harold R. Bruno, III , and Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C., were on brief for appellant.

Kristen McCallion , with whom Lawrence K. Kolodney , Eric J. Keller , Fish & Richardson P.C., Mark A. Fischer , and Duane Morris LLP, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Interpretations and studies of theological texts have led to countless disputes throughout the ages. This appeal concerns a different form of conflict arising from one monastery's translation of certain ancient religious texts, and another monastery's unauthorized use of verbatim or near-verbatim copies of such texts on its Orthodox faith-devoted website. Seven, a number both religiously and factually significant, is the quantity of works...

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