| January 5, 2001 | $1.2 million recovered in fund scam | "A U.S. Customs Service investigation resulted in a court order this week directing the Church of Scientology to return $1.2 million donated by Dennel Finance. The church returned the funds to a rece | |
| November 19, 1985 | $12,000 Spent On Scientology Course: Suit | A Montreal stockbroker who claims he was brainwashed last year by members of the Church of Scientology testified yesterday that he paid $12,000 to the sect for personality courses. Gilles Lanthier told the court that he began having doubts about the sect when he was told to abandon his wife and seek further Scientology instruction in Toronto. | |
| October 4, 1978 | $20 million damage suit filed against Church of Scientology | Los Angeles Times: $20 million damage suit filed against Church of Scientology | |
| September 19, 1986 | $30-Million Court Fight Lost by Scientology | In a staggering blow to the Church of Scientology of California, a Superior Court judge Thursday upheld a jury's $30-million damage award to a former church member who said the organization wrecked him mentally and financially. | |
| (article about Russian court ruling | "A Russian court on Friday dismissed an appeal by | |
| March 1, 2001 | (article covers Scientology harrassing critics in Clearwater, Clearwater police problem, the LMT, and the Henson trial) | Skeptical Inquirer: (article covers Scientology harrassing critics in Clearwater, Clearwater police problem, the LMT, and the Henson trial) | |
| September 22, 2001 | (article: Madrid trial) | El Mundo: (article: Madrid trial) | |
| September 23, 2001 | (article: Madrid trial) | El Mundo: (article: Madrid trial) | |
| May 11, 1982 | 16 witnesses unlock sect's closed society | "Of the 16 who testified, Flynn said he represents Lavenda Van Schaick and Paulette Cooper directly in separate lawsuits against the Church of Scientology. He said he is involved also indirectly in lawsuits filed by Ernest and Adelle Hartwell and Janie Peterson." | |
| April 9, 2000 | 2 Judges, 2 Counties, and a Lot of Baloney | How to explain the mental nose dives of the medical examiner and the chief circuit judge when they were confronted with the story of the slow, miserable death in 1995 of Scientologist Lisa McPherson at the Fort Harrison Hotel? This is the part I gag on: The Internal Revenue Service gave Scientology the tax-exempt protection of a religion. If what they do at Scientology headquarters in Clearwater is a religion, then I'm a planet. Saturn, say, rings and all. | |
| January 1, 1987 | 6 Ex-Scientologists File $1-Billion Suit Over Funds, Secrets | Former members of the Church of Scientology filed a $1-billion class-action lawsuit against the organization Wednesday, accusing its late founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and a cadre of his most trusted aides of plundering church coffers, intimidating critics and breaching the confidentiality of sacred confessional folders. The action, charging fraud and breach of fiduciary responsibility, represents perhaps the broadest condemnation of the church to date. | |
| June 22, 2001 | A judge dismisses the allegation that Lisa McPherson was falsely imprisoned | St. Petersburg Times: A judge dismisses the allegation that Lisa McPherson was falsely imprisoned | |
| March 12, 1999 | After Eleven Years, Judgement To Directing Of Scientology | Zenit: After Eleven Years, Judgement To Directing Of Scientology | |
| October 11, 1996 | Agents Sue Allstate For $276 Million | (brief mention of Scientology) | |
| March 23, 1995 | Allstate Used Scientology Methods In Training | St. Paul Pioneer Press : Headline: Allstate Used Scientology Methods In Training//Employees File Lawsuits Alleging Bias, Harassment | |
| January 31, 1996 | Anticult group to appeal court ruling. | Christian Century: Anticult group to appeal court ruling. | |
| August 13, 1992 | Applied Materials, Ex-Workers Settle Suit | San Jose Mercury News: Applied Materials, Ex-Workers Settle Suit | |
| January 20, 1996 | article about Judge Brinkema's summary judgment against Arnie Lerma | AP: article about Judge Brinkema's summary judgment against Arnie Lerma | |
| January 22, 1979 | article about Paulette Cooper | Article about Paulette Cooper lawsuits appears in New York Times. | |
| October 3, 1995 | article on FACTnet suit | Church members say they would be excommunicated and put their souls at risk if they complied with Judge Kane's order to return seized data to FACTnet | |
| October 4, 1995 | article on FACTnet suit | Judge Kane appoints Colorado computer expert to inspect seized computer equipment and data | |
| April 14, 1980 | article on Scientology | Sylvana Garritano gives interview with Riverside, CA, newspaper. She is co-plaintiff in Lavenda Van Schaick RICO lawsuit against Church of Scientology. Ms. Garritano tells newspaper that L. Ron Hubbard runs Church of Scientology from Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, CA. | |
| April 29, 1978 | article says Paulette Cooper's $15.4 million lawsuit against Church still pending. Gives Cooper's attorneys as Paul D. Rheingold | "investigation" of matter by FBI offices in New York City under way. | |
| November 8, 1997 | Asylum Granted To Scientologist She Tells Florida Court She Was Persecuted | San Jose Mercury News : Asylum Granted To Scientologist She Tells Florida Court She Was Persecuted | |
| April 1, 1972 | Author Here Sues Scientologists | Paulette Cooper, a freelance writer, has accused the Church of Scientology in a lawsuit filed here of "intentional interference" with her constitutional freedom of speech and press, charging that the organization threatened her in the form of libel suits and wiretapping after her critical book about the quasi-religious organization was published last fall. | |
