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In the Courts Web Site Links |
Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz - A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Hana Whitfield - Affidavit of Hana Whitfield. The story of an ex member.
Scientology® Raided Around the World - Archive of articles on law enforcement raids, arrests, court trials, indictments, and convictions of ringleaders of the Scientology crime syndicate.
Dear Amanda - One father's struggle with the courts and the Church of Scientology over his daughter.
Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling - 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]
Scientology v. Panoussis - Day-by-day reports on the appeal case in Stockholm in January 2001. Zenon Panoussis was sued by the Church of Scientology for posting the Fishman Affidavit and the NOTs online.
Friends and Family of Lisa McPherson - Information on the civil suit for wrongful death, filed on behalf of the estate of Lisa McPherson, who died in the custody of the Church of Scientology.
Maureen E. Garde - Collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from Scientology-related litigation, 1995-March 1997.
Om scientologerna - Bilingual (Swedish-English) site about Zenon Panoussis and his skirmishes with the Church of Scientology. The story is told through archived posts from alt.religion.scientology and European press coverage of the saga.
Supreme Court refuses to review Church of Scientology libel case - 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]
Dismissal of Scientology Libel Suit Upheld - Federal appeals court upholds earlier ruling that the Church of Scientology failed to show malice on the part of journalist Richard Behar, author of the Time magazine exposé "Scientology: The Cult of Greed." [New York Law Journal]
Fishman Affidavit - 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.
Scientology loses copyright round - 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]
Internet Infringement - Jonathan Rosenoer reviews the defense's arguments in Religious Technology Center v. Netcom. The ISP sought to dismiss the preliminary injunction against it by pointing out that the unprecedented extension of copyright sought by Scientology would expose every Internet user to lawsuits.
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