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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." |
lawsuits, Paulette Cooper |
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May 7, 1982 |
Writer says sect harasses her |
"It has been 11 years since freelance writer Paulette Cooper published what she calls 'the book that launched a thousand suits.' And it has been about a week since she was served with the eighteenth lawsuit filed against her by the Church of Scientology." |
lawsuits, Paulette Cooper |
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May 2, 1982 |
Sect still scrapping in five local lawsuits |
"The lawsuit filed this past week by the Church of Scientology against the city of Clearwater brings the number of local legal scraps the sect is involved in to five." |
lawsuits |
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May 1, 1982 |
Judge OKs hearings on sect |
"The Church of Scientology's request to prevent Clearwater from holding public hearings to investigate its operations was denied Friday in federal court." |
lawsuits |
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April 20, 1982 |
US Supreme Court rules on Scientology case |
Los Angeles Times: US Supreme Court rules on Scientology case |
lawsuits |
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April 20, 1982 |
Scientology Founder's Wife Loses Final High Court Plea, Faces Prison |
The Supreme Court let stand the convictions of two former leaders of the Church of Scientology, rejecting their final efforts to contest the legality of the FBI's search of the church's Los Angeles offices in 1977. The court's action apparently clears the way for Mary Sue Hubbard - the one-time "controller" for the church group and wife of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who was not charged in the case - to begin serving a five-year prison term on a conspiracy charge. |
crimes, IRS, lawsuits, Mary Sue Hubbard, Press |
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April 19, 1982 |
High Court Refuses Housing-Bias Appeal |
(brief mention of Scientology) |
lawsuits |
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April 2, 1982 |
Suit Against Church Whittled |
A District Judge has dismissed seven of 14 allegations of wrongdoing against the Church of Scientology by a Boston-area woman and said he will consider whether the First Amendment bars some of the remaining allegations in the $200 million class action suit. The claims were filed by a former member of the church, La Venda Van Schaick, who claimed she was induced into joining the church by false representations, defrauded, subjected to emotional distress, locked in a room, and harassed in many other ways. |
Boston, MA, false imprisonment, fraud, harassment, La Venda Van Schaick, lawsuits, Press |
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March 8, 1982 |
Supreme Court Allows Laws Against Head Shops |
(brief mention of Scientology) |
lawsuits |
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August 21, 1981 |
Church of Scientology files suit against IRS |
San Francisco Chronicle: Church of Scientology files suit against IRS |
lawsuits |
