Gabe Cazares was mayor of Clearwater at the time when
Scientology determined to take over the city.
He was framed for a hit-and-run by
Scientology operatives. He was sued by
Scientology, and filed a countersuit in return.
| January 29, 1976 | Scientology Sues Clearwater Mayor Cazares For Libel | Scientology sues Clearwater mayor Cazares for libel, slander and civil rights violations. He would fight Scientology in the courts and press for years to come and was undaunted in his efforts to clear his name and show the world the dark side of Scientology. | |
| February 28, 1976 | Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares Countersues Scientology | Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares responds to Scientology's million-dollar lawsuit against him by filing an $8,000,000 libel suit against them. | |
| March 9, 1981 | Scientology's Cazares Suit Still Frivolous | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upholds a ruling by District Judge Ben Krentzman that a civil rights lawsuit filed by Church of Scientology against Mayor Gabriel Cazares is "groundless and frivolous." | |
| September 30, 1983 | Church Of Scientology Of California V. Cazares (Gabriel), Cazares (Margaret) | Church of Scientology of California v. Cazares (Gabriel), Cazares (Margaret) | |
| December 15, 1983 | Gabriel Cazares V. Cos Of Ca Et Al | Gabriel Cazares v. CoS of CA et al | |
