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Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/
A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California. |
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Dear Amanda - http://www.ecentral.com/members/skeller/
One father's struggle with the courts and the Church of Scientology over his daughter. |
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Maureen E. Garde - http://www.xs4all.nl/~oracle/mgarde/
Collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from Scientology-related litigation, 1995-March 1997. |
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French Scientology Trial Ends - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/455759.stm
The trial has ended in the French city of Marseille of seven members of the Church of Scientology accused of fraud. [BBC News] |
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Scientology loses copyright round - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-217696.html
Colorado nonprofit group FACTNet has won a critical round in a legal fight against the Church of Scientology, raising questions about whether Scientology has a legal right to keep hundreds of documents offline and out of the public eye. [CNET News.com] |
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Police Work for Scientology - http://www.sptimes.com/News/032201/Opinion/Police_work_for_Scien.shtml
Editorial says that it is unlikely that off-duty uniformed Clearwater police officers paid by the Church of Scientology could remain objective when incidents occur between the church and protesters. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Scientologists Face Paris Ban - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1836812.stm
Public prosecutor accuses the Church of Scientology with "mental manipulation." The sect is on trial for false advertising and attempted fraud. [BBC News] |
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Church Pays Those it Reviled - http://www.sptimes.com/News/031101/NorthPinellas/Church_pays_those_it_.shtml
Circuit court judge says that the Clearwater police "are coming very dangerously close to becoming a private security force for the Church of Scientology." Scientology spokesman paints all critics as criminals. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Scientology Faces French Ban - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/443271.stm
The French Justice Minister says she is prepared to consider banning the Church of Scientology, considered a cult--not a religion--in France. [BBC News] |
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Fishman Affidavit - http://www.peghole.com/mare/fishman2/fishman.html
A copy of the declaration filed by Steven Fishman in Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz. OT2 and 3 are bowdlerized to comply with Dutch law. |
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Critics Public and Private Keep Pressure on Scientology - http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/40166651.html?FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&desc=Critics+public+and+private+keep+pressure+on+Scientology+%2f%2f+AT+HOME+Series:+SPECIAL+REPORT
Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Germany Can't Decide if Scientology is a Religion - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/23555.stm
A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be considered a religion. [BBC News] |
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German-US Scientology Row - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/20185.stm
Germany and the United States are to discuss their disagreements over the Church of Scientology. [BBC News] |
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Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling - http://slashdot.org/yro/01/03/09/1425236.shtml
Readers discuss the verdict of the Swedish High Court, which upheld a lower court's ruling that Zenon Panoussis had infringed Scientology's copyright. Includes comments from Arnie Lerma and Karin Spaink. [Slashdot] |
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French Scientology Trial - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/455059.stm
A French prosecutor has asked a court in Marseille to jail a former leader of the Church of Scientology who has been accused of obtaining large sums of money by fraud from other members of the Church. [BBC News] |
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Concerns Over Church of Scientology - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/despatches/europe/23966.stm
A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on the legal status of Scientology -- after years of international debate. [BBC News]. |
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State Takes Middle Road Against Scientology - http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/112398/State_takes_middle_ro.html
Colleagues of State Attorney Bernie McCabe say charging the church, not the members, and deciding against a manslaughter charge walks the line between acting too harshly and too weakly. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Scientology Told to Release Notes on Late Member - http://www.sptimes.com/News/31699/TampaBay/Scientology_told_to_r.html
A judge gives the church a delay so it can fight for the privacy of a practice it compares to confession. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Scientology Critic Won't Face Retrial - http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/TampaBay/Scientology_critic_wo.shtml
Trial of a critic of Scientology on a misdemeanor charge ends in a hung jury due to worries that he was set up by the Church of Scientology. The prosecutors then dropped the charges. [St. Petersburg Times] |
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Supreme Court refuses to review Church of Scientology libel case - http://www.beliefnet.com/story/89/story_8921_1.html
Ten years after Time magazine ran an award-winning article portraying the Church of Scientology as a "ruthless global scam," the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating the church's libel case. [Associated Press] |