Legal Opinion
Turner v. Unification Church
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 25, 1978No. Civ. A. 75-0424PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff in this case seeks to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction by claiming causes of action under numerous federal statutes, one constitutional amendment, and two Rhode Island common law counts. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and argue that the plaintiff’s numerous and varied counts fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; the defendants also assert that this suit is barred by the first amendment of the United States Constitution.
The plaintiff, Shelley Anne Turner, alleges that she was induced to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of LaborSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Janice Paul, A/k/a/ Janice Perez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Unification Church v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Newfield House, Inc. v. Massachusetts Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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