Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Scientology: Legal Issues: Page 2

The trial has ended in the French city of Marseille of seven members of the Church of Scientology accused of fraud. [BBC News]

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.

Germany and the United States are to discuss their disagreements over the Church of Scientology. [BBC News]

A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be considered a religion. [BBC News]

A German federal court has been hearing a case which could decide if restrictions on the Church of Scientology in Germany are legal. [BBC News]

Affidavit of Hana Whitfield. The story of an ex member.

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.

Collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from Scientology-related litigation, 1995-March 1997.

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.

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]