Legal Opinion
The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 18, 1969No. 21483PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment and decree of condemnation and destruction against several electrical instruments and a large quantity of literature owned by claimants-appellants, The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C. and various individual adherents of that organization. The instruments and literature were seized by the Food and Drug Administration as “devices" with accompanying “false and misleading labeling” subject to condemnation under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. (1964). The Government further charged that…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by100 opinions
- United States v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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- Frank Africa v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leroy S. Zimmerman (Attorney General) Bureau of Corrections Ronald Marks (Commissioner of b.o.c.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Church of Scientology of California v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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