Worldwide Church Of God, Inc. v. The State Of California

623 F.2d 613 WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD, INC.; Ambassador College, Inc.; Ambassador International Cultural Foundation, Inc.; Herbert W. Armstrong; Stanley R. Rader; Ralph Helge, Appellants, v. The STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Evelle J. Younger, George Deukmejian, Lawrence R. Tapper, Appellees. No. 79-3672. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 4, 1980. Decided July 21, 1980. Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, Mass., Allan Browne, Allan B. Cooper, Allan Gabriel, Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellants. James M. Cordi, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., argued for appellees; Lauren R. Bramard, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and PRICE, * District Judge. PER CURIAM. 1 The Worldwide Church of God appeals from the district court's orders denying the Church a preliminary injunction and denying it leave to amend its civil rights complaint. The district court properly denied injunctive relief on the record before it, but the refusal to allow amendment of the Church's complaint requires a remand. 2 On January 2, 1979, the…