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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERN. v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Civ. A. No. 92-1892(SS).

848 F.Supp. 1018 (1994)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, a California not for profit religious corporation, Plaintiff, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, an Indiana corporation; Hill & Knowlton Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide Company, a Division of Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; WPP Group, PLC, a United Kingdom Corporation; Martin S. Sorrell; J. Walter Thompson Co., Inc., Defendants, Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide Company, Counter-Claimant, Hill & Knowlton Inc., Counter-Claimant, Church of Scientology International, Counter-Defendant, Hill & Knowlton Inc.; Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide Company; WPP Group, PLC; Martin S. Sorrell; J. Walter Thompson Co., Inc., Counter-Claimants, Church of Scientology International, Counter-Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Lieberman, Hillary Richard, Laurie Edelstein, Thomas Viles, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York City, Earle C. Cooley, Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones, P.C., Boston, MA, Ronald Kenneth Mundy, Mundy, Holt & Mance, Anthony Patrick Bisceglie, Bisceglie & Walsh, Washington, DC, Kendrick Lichty Moxon, Bowles & Moxon, Hollywood, CA, for plaintiff.

Mark Butler Bierbower, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Theodore B. Olson, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, Eric Mark Nelson, Howard J. Rubin, Douglas E. Thea, Lisa Paddock, Paul F. Corcoran, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPORKIN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendants' motions for summary judgment.

I. Background

The plaintiff in this action is the Church of Scientology, Incorporated ("CSI"). CSI is the "mother church" of the Scientology religion.1 This lawsuit stems from the termination of a contract between CSI and defendant and counterclaim plaintiff Hill...

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