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April 24, 1990 Headline: High Court Considers Sperm Donor's Rights (brief mention of Scientology) lawsuits
April 23, 1990 Sperm Donor Wins Trial In Rights Case San Jose Mercury News: Sperm Donor Wins Trial In Rights Case lawsuits
April 23, 1990 Headline: High Court Sets Aside Minnesota's Amish Sign Ruling St. Paul Pioneer Press: Headline: High Court Sets Aside Minnesota's Amish Sign Ruling lawsuits
April 23, 1990 Court Rejects Woman's Appeal In Oregon Sperm-Donor Case Roanoke Times & World-News : Court Rejects Woman's Appeal In Oregon Sperm-Donor Case lawsuits
April 18, 1990 Ruling On Scientology Case Favors IRS The Church of Scientology should hand over stacks of financial documents to the Internal Revenue Service, which is studying whether to deny the organization tax-exempt status, a federal magistrate says. The IRS says it has information indicating the Clearwater-based Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization has been involved in commercial operations that should be taxed. The inquiry concerns 1985, 1986 and 1987. IRS, lawsuits, Press, taxes
March 9, 1990 High court refuses Holt appeal on Hubbard bio. Publishers Weekly: High court refuses Holt appeal on Hubbard bio. L. Ron Hubbard, lawsuits
January 1, 1990 Text of U.S. Supreme Court decision: Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Journal of Church & State: Text of U.S. Supreme Court decision: Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. lawsuits
October 27, 1989 California Supreme Court rejected challenges to the ruling reducing a $30 million jury award Los Angeles Times: California Supreme Court rejected challenges to the ruling reducing a $30 million jury award lawsuits
October 27, 1989 Court Rejects Challenges to Award in Scientology Case Lawsuit The state Supreme Court rejected challenges to a ruling that dramatically reduced a jury award of $30 million against the Church of Scientology for coercive practices that drove a former member to the edge of insanity and bankruptcy. Larry Wollersheim, lawsuits, Press
October 26, 1989 Board of Contributors: The Judges of History Rule Verbatim quotation, the judge believed, was justified in order to prove points the author had asserted about Mr. Hubbard -- mendacity, bigotry, paranoia and other unlovely traits that could not be persuasively demonstrated without use of Mr. Hubbard's own words. "The biographer/critic," Judge Leval wrote, "should not be required simply to express . . . conclusions without defending them by example." In such circumstances, free-speech interests outweighed the interests of the copyright owner. L. Ron Hubbard, lawsuits, Press