CULT AWARENESS NETWORK v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

No. 80868.

685 N.E.2d 1347 (1997)

177 Ill.2d 267

226 Ill.Dec. 604

CULT AWARENESS NETWORK, Appellant, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Dow, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for Cult Awareness Network.

Uve R. Jerzy, Mandel, Lipton and Stevenson, Ltd., Chicago, Eric M. Lieberman, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York New York City, for Church of Scientology, Bowles & Moxon.


Chief Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Cult Awareness Network, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, Church of Scientology International and Church of Scientology of Illinois (collectively, the Church of Scientology), as well as the law firm of Bowles & Moxon. In the complaint, as amended, plaintiff alleged that defendants had engaged in a conspiracy to maliciously prosecute numerous civil actions against...

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