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Great Moments in Bahá'í Litigation

As part of the court action by the NSA of Wilmette (of the sans-Guardian Bahá'ís) against the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith, the NSA's attorney traveled to Perth Australia to take the deposition of Joel B. Marangella, the OBF's Guardian.  In the following brilliant exchange, it appears that Mr. Dolan, the NSA's attorney, is slowly beginning to realize what this case is really about:

 [MR. DOLAN] Q. Just below that at the end of that paragraph you refer to a battle against the forces of darkness. Do you know who you're referring to there as the forces of darkness?

     [JOEL B. MARANGELLA] A. It would be those that abandoned the Guardianship, those that believe there's no more guardian. I said they were the forces of darkness.

 Q. Would that include my client?

 A. Yes, it would. Most definitely.

Transcript of Deposition of Joel B. Marangella, April 30, 2007 (p. 89:11-19). Exhibit A to the OBF's Surreply.

To see the Court documents go to: http://trueseeker.typepad.com/true_seeker/court_case.html

Wilmette NSA's court action against Orthodox Bahá'ís

Just in case you don't know about it yet, the Wilmette National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States has taken to court the Orthodox Bahá'ís (and others) seeking to enforce against them a Judgment entered back in 1966 against the long defunct NSA of the Baha'is under the Hereditary Guardianship (the NSA founded by Mason Remey's followers).

Click here to see the relevant pleadings in the court case.

That Judgment against the Remey NSA enjoined that organization from, among other things, calling itself Baha'i, and using the symbol of the Greatest Name.  The Wilmette NSA claims trademark rights to these sacred names and symbols of the Faith.  The Judgment makes findings that the Wilmette NSA's version of the Baha'i Faith is the only one, and basically it outlaws Mason Remey's version of the Faith.

Click here to see the 1966 Judgment (in Acrobat PDF format).