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Reference materials Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
7 matching items found between Jan 1974 and Dec 1974. Furthermore, there are 1229 matching items for all time not shown.
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Nov 1, 1974
Intellectual Freedom // Anti-Scientology books targets of lawsuits — The Library Journal
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Type: Press
Source: The Library Journal
Having won out of court settlements and apologies from publishers of four recent books exposing the "inside story" on the "religion" of Scientology and its founder, Ron Hubbard, defenders of Scientology have vowed to take to court any Canadian library or bookstore that refuses to get rid of these "libelous" books. The Scientologists have conducted similar suits in England, Australia, and the U.S. The books in question are The Mind Benders by Cyril Vosper (reportedly once a high official at ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 27, 1974
Libraries Face Libel Threat — Winnipeg Free Press
Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Free Press
The Church of Scientology of Canada has advised some libraries that they may be cited as party defendants in a libel suit unless they remove certain books from their shelves, Steven Horn, council member of the Canadian Library Association said Wednesday. But, in an advisory memorandum signed by the association's incoming president, Belly Henderson, association members were told, "... the threat is potential rather than actual." The memo said, "In view of the objectives of the ... association, it may be ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 1, 1974
Sect ordered to pay $300,000 to victim — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
A Superior Court jury Friday awarded $300,000 to L. Gene Allard, 33, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., artist, who claimed the Church of Scientology made him a victim of its "fair game" policy. Allard, the church's former bookkeeper in Los Angeles, sued for malicious prosecution after the Scientologists had him arrested in 1969 for allegedly stealing $27,713.90 in Swiss franc notes and its records. The criminal charges against Allard were dismissed Dec. 29, 1969, for lack of evidence. He denied ever ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 27, 1974
Times slapped with huge libel suit — Silver City Daily Press
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Type: Press
Source: Silver City Daily Press
EL PASO, Tex. (AP) — Narconon Inc. filed a $25 million libel suit Tuesday against El Paso Times reporter Steve Hallock, Times Editor William I. Latham, Gannett Corp., owner of the Times, and El Paso County Atty. George Rodriguez Jr. The suit, filed in the El Paso district clerk's office, alleges that two articles written by Hallock about Narconon Oct. 28, 1973, were damaging to the organization, which is self-described as a rehabilitator of drug addicts. The suit states the articles ...
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Mar 23, 1974
Church creates study commission — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Mar 7, 1974
Counterattack: The response to criticism [last of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s): James E. Adams, Elaine Viets
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
"We are not a law enforcement agency. BUT we will become interested in the crimes of people who seek to stop us ... If you leave us alone, we will leave you alone." - L. Ron Hubbard Founder of the Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology does not turn the other cheek. Said Emily Watson, the church's national public affairs representative: "We tried doing that for years, but the attacks kept growing ...." Two attacks to which she referred were ...
Mar 6, 1974
The reclusive founder of Scientology [second of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s): James E. Adams, Elaine Viets
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be to start his own religion." - L. Ron Hubbard Founder of the Church of Scientology Lafayette Ronald Hubbard tossed off this remark at a lecture in Newark N.J., in 1949. At the time Hubbard was 38 years old, a prolific science fiction writer advising science fiction buffs on the tricks of his trade. The audience ...
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