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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CAL. v. SIEGELMAN

No. 79 Civ. 1166 (GLG).

475 F.Supp. 950 (1979)

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA and Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Plaintiffs, v. James SIEGELMAN, Flo Conway, J. B. Lippincott Company and Morris Deutsch, Defendants.

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

August 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohn, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin & Lubell, New York City, for plaintiffs by Jonathan W. Lubell and Audrey J. Isaacs, New York City, of counsel.

Clark, Wulf, Levine & Peratis, New York City, for defendants Siegelman and Conway by Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, of counsel.

Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer, New York City, for defendant Lippincott by Patrick A. Lyons, New York City, of counsel.

Rosner & Rosner, New York City, for defendant Deutsch by Jonathan Rosner, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

In this latest libel action brought by the plaintiffs, two branches of the litigious Church of Scientology,1 motions have been made by the various defendants to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6), for judgment on the pleadings, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c), and for summary judgment, Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The plaintiffs have cross-moved...

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