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UNIF CHURCH v. HARPER & ROW

101 Misc.2d 30 (1979)

Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Also Known as the Unification Church, Plaintiff, v. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

January 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Miller and Alfreida B. Kenny Harrell for Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., defendant. Nathan Z. Dershowitz and Leo Pfeffer for Dusty Sklar, defendant. Martin, Obermaier & Morvillo (Thomas Fitzpatrick of counsel), for plaintiff.

EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

In the book, "Gods and Beasts, The Nazis and the Occult," the author, defendant Dusty Sklar, traces the evolution of Nazism. In the last chapter, entitled "The Dangers of Occult Thinking", the author draws parallels between Nazism and present day occult groups including the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.

The references to the Unification Church in the book, which...

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