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December 30, 1987 |
City Wants To Join Supreme Court Case |
Attorneys representing Clearwater in its legal battle against the Church of Scientology have asked permission to file a brief in a similar case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Clearwater is defending its 1983 charitable solicitations ordinance in court. The ordinance requires financial disclosure by any religious or charitable organization that solicits funds in Clearwater, including the Church of Scientology, which has an international headquarters here. The Scientologists and several other religious groups filed lawsuits challenging the ordinance on constitutional grounds. |
Clearwater, lawsuits, Press |
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December 3, 1987 |
Court rejects bid to ban Scientologist's biography |
Globe & Mail: Court rejects bid to ban Scientologist's biography |
lawsuits |
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December 2, 1987 |
Scientologists Want Book Banned To Gag Critics, Court Told |
A copyright challenge to a biography of L. Ron Hubbard, controversial founder of the Church of Scientology, is part of the church's policy of using the courts to harass its critics, a Federal Court hearing was told Tuesday. "This particular use of the court is an abuse and it has nothing to with copyright at all," David Potts, lawyer for Toronto-based Key Porter, told Mr. Justice Bud Cullen. "It is an attempt to circumscribe the well-established principle you can't libel the dead or an attempt to suppress criticism in accordance with the edicts stated by Mr. Hubbard." |
L. Ron Hubbard, lawsuits, Press, Toronto |
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December 1, 1987 |
Court weighs bid to ban boiography of Hubbard |
Globe & Mail: Court weighs bid to ban boiography of Hubbard |
L. Ron Hubbard, lawsuits |
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November 26, 1987 |
Scientologists Sued for $6 Million in Suicide of Man |
A woman filed a $6-million lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday against the Church of Scientology for allegedly driving her son to commit suicide last year. Irene Marshall said in her suit that church officials tried to destroy the close relationship she had with her son, Pedro Rimando, 22, and that their efforts drove him to leap off the sixth floor of a church-owned building in Hollywood on Nov. 25, 1986. The church "imposed certain psychologically coercive techniques" on Rimando "to exploit for power, labor and money (his) pre-existing emotional vulnerabilities and inner conflicts," the suit said. |
lawsuits, Los Angeles, Press |
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November 10, 1987 |
Justices Rebuff Scientology Bid for IRS Data |
In a blow to the Church of Scientology, a unanimous Supreme Court today made it easier for the Internal Revenue Service to withhold material sought by individuals or organizations under the Freedom of Information Act, a law aimed at curtailing government secrecy. In a case brought by the Scientologists, the court ruled 6 to 0 (with two justices not participating) that the IRS legally may refuse to disclose certain records even if the tax agency could delete anything linking those records to individual taxpayers. |
IRS, lawsuits, Los Angeles, Press |
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October 10, 1987 |
Scientology Firms Are Cut From Lawsuit |
Wichita Eagle-Beacon: Scientology Firms Are Cut From Lawsuit |
lawsuits |
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September 29, 1987 |
LA Superior Court judge rules there is insufficient evidence to prove that L. Ron Hubbard plundered church funds |
Los Angeles Times: LA Superior Court judge rules there is insufficient evidence to prove that L. Ron Hubbard plundered church funds |
L. Ron Hubbard, lawsuits |
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April 21, 1987 |
Linnas Sent Back Court Oks Deportation |
(brief mention of Scientology) |
lawsuits |
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April 21, 1987 |
Court Oks Deporting Of Nazi Camp Suspect |
Detroit Free Press: Court Oks Deporting Of Nazi Camp Suspect |
lawsuits |
