CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERN. v. ELMIRA MISSION

No. CIV-85-412T.

614 F.Supp. 500 (1985)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, a corporation; Religious Technology Center, a corporation; and Scientology Missions International, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The ELMIRA MISSION OF the CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, a corporation, a/k/a Church of Scientology, Mission of Elmira, a/k/a Dianetics Center, a/k/a Scientology Elmira, a/k/a Center for Creative Learning; Harry Palmer, an individual; and Avra Honey-Smith, an individual, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Beach, Wilcox, Rubin & Levey, Rochester, N.Y. (Kevin J. Arquit, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Weidman & Jordan, Rochester, N.Y. (Mark S. Nunn, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants.


TELESCA, District Judge.

For over a decade, defendant Harry Palmer has been the operator and President of the Elmira Mission of the Church of Scientology. The Elmira Mission operated for many years with the blessings of the highest church officials until 1984, when the Elmira Chapter ceased paying its regular tithes to the mother church in California, Scientology Missions International. Within a few months, Mr. Palmer was notified by the Religious Technology Center...

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