Alexander BELYA, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Hilarion KAPRAL, aka Metropolitan Hilarion, Nicholas Olkhovskiy, Victor Potapov, Serge Lukianov, David Straut, Alexandre Antchoutine, George Temidis, Serafim Gan, Boris Dmitrieff, Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Mark Mancuso, Defendants-Appellants.
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Bradley Girard ( Richard B. Katskee , on the brief), Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin , Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gordon D. Todd , Daniel J. Hay , John L. Gibbons , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
Ryan Paulsen , Ryan N. Gardner , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
Matthew T. Nelson , Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
Before: Chin, Lohier, And Robinson, Circuit Judges.
Chin, Circuit Judge:
In this case, plaintiff-appellee Alexander Belya sued defendants-appellants — individuals and entities affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ("ROCOR" and, collectively, "Defendants") — for defamation, contending that they defamed him when they publicly accused him of forging a series of letters...
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