🚀 go-pugleaf

From the 7/17/96 edition of the _St._Petersburg_Times_...


Scientology suit against Time Warner dismissed

(Reuters)
NEW YORK - A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a libel suit brought by the
Church of $cientology International against Time Warner Inc. and its Time
Inc. Magazine Co.

U.S. District Judge Peter Leisure threw out the suit, which alleged that a
10-page article titled "Scientology: The Cult of Greed," published in 1992
by Time magazine, carried false and defamatory statements.

Last year the court dismissed part of the case but heard new arguments on
a remaining issue.

The article alleged that $cientology, rather than being a bona fide
religion, is organized for the purpose of making money by legitimate and
illegitimate means.

The issue that remained in the case involved the statement about a source
of the church's funds.  Leisure said he found that the statement was not
made with actual malice and was not libelous.

--------------

Snap, snap, snap, little clams!  The courts are on to you and your cult.