Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C. v. American Medical Ass'n

The core of this case is the applicability of the statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 83, par. 14) and the Uniform Single Publication Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 126, par. 11) to a complaint alleging libel.

On December 29, 1975, the plaintiff, the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington D. C. (FCS) filed a three-count complaint for libel against the defendants, American Medical Association of Illinois (AMA), Frank Campion, the AMA’s director of communications, and Ralph Smith, the author of the article, “Scientology—Menace to Mental Health,” which appeared in the December…