SOV. MIL. HOSPITALLER v. FLA. PRIORY OF KNIGHTS

No. 11-15101.

694 F.3d 1200 (2012)

SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES AND OF MALTA, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, v. The FLORIDA PRIORY OF the KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS OF the SOVEREIGN ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, KNIGHTS OF MALTA, the ECUMENICAL ORDER, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , H. Christopher Bartolomucci , Viet Dinh , David Zachary Hudson , Bancroft, PLLC, Washington, DC, Luis M. O'Naghten , Jose Felix Diaz , Akerman Senterfitt, LLP, Miami, FL, Michael K. Grace , Grace & Grace LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas W. Brooke , Holland & Knight, LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Rodman Steele, Jr. , Duane Morris LLP, Boca Raton, FL, Brian W. Toth , Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Matthew Z. Zimmerman , Holland & Knight, LLP, West Palm Bch, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILSON, PRYOR, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


WILSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Plaintiff Order) is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church that undertakes charitable work internationally. Defendant-Appellee The Florida Priory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, The Ecumenical Order (The Florida Priory) is also a charitable organization, having an...

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