| 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 17, 1976 | Guardian's Office Demands Retraction from Clearwater Sun | The Guardian's Office instructs Scientology's legal department to prepare a formal letter to the Clearwater Sun demanding a retraction and threatening a libel suit. | |
| 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. | |
| May 11, 1976 | Scientology Execs Visit Clearwater Sun Owners | "to halt the CW Sun publication by bypassing up the Org (organization) board to the very top ... meeting with officials there and obtaining their aid in stopping the CW Sun, which they own, from printing a booklet on Scientology." The church team met with Howard Holderness, chairman of the corporation, and later with their associate general counsel, Robert H. Koonts. Steve Heard, director of Branch I public relations for Flag, wrote Fred Rock, assistant guardian for public relations for Flag, that the team gave Koonts a copy of what the Sun had written and told him the church was not anxious to sue. [Editor's note: They had a copy of the story already!] According to Heard's report, the company's attorney "... again brought up such things as handling the 'direction of the Sun' re Scientology and added for us not to worry about the booklet." Heard concluded: "It appears that he will stop the Sun from putting out the booklet." | |
| March 27, 1980 | A Federal Grand Jury In Tampa Investigates Scientology's Plan To Take Over Clearwater | A federal grand jury in Tampa investigates Scientology's plan to take over Clearwater, FL. | |
| March 28, 1984 | Judge Kovachevich Finds Clearwater Ordinance Unconstitutional | U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich ruled that the Clearwater ordinance intended to regulate the fundraising activities of the Church of Scientology and other religious organizations was unconstitutional. | |
| February 4, 1991 | Flag v. Clearwater | CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FLAG SERVICES ORG., INC., Plaintiff v. CITY OF CLEARWATER, et al., Defendants | |
| September 30, 1993 | Church Of Scientology Flag Service Org V. City Of Clearwater, Thomas Bustin (City Attorney), And Lucille Williams (City Clerk) - | Church of Scientology Flag Service Org v. City of Clearwater, Thomas Bustin (City Attorney), and Lucille Williams (City Clerk) - appeal | |
| September 30, 1993 | Church Of Scientology Flag Service Org V. City Of Clearwater, Milton Galbraith (City Attorney), And Cynthia Goudeau (City Clerk) | Church of Scientology Flag Service Org v. City of Clearwater, Milton Galbraith (City Attorney), and Cynthia Goudeau (City Clerk) - appeal | |
| December 14, 1993 | Cos Flag V. City Of Clearwater, City Atty Bustin, City Clerk Williams | CoS Flag v. City of Clearwater, City Atty Bustin, City Clerk Williams | |
| December 14, 1993 | Cos Flag V. City Of Clearwater, City Atty Galbraith, City Clerk Goudeau | CoS Flag v. City of Clearwater, City Atty Galbraith, City Clerk Goudeau | |
| October 3, 1994 | City of Clearwater v. Flag | City of Clearwater, FL, et al v. Church of Scientology Flag Service Org. | |
| December 6, 1995 | Clearwater police begin an investigation into the | Clearwater police begin an investigation into the death of Lisa McPherson, which is later joined by the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. An autopsy by the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office showed McPherson's 5-foot-9, 108-pound body was severely dehydrated, her arms and legs were bruised, her skin was cracked and scaling and she had bug bites. Her left pulmonary artery was blocked by a fatal blood clot brought on by dehydration and "bed rest.'' "The Clearwater Police Department doesn't think she died of natural causes,'' said police spokesman Wayne Shelor. | |
| September 13, 1999 | Jesse Prince Files An Affidavit In The Lisa Mcpherson Case In Clearwater | Jesse Prince files an affidavit in the Lisa McPherson case in Clearwater. | |
