(DOWNLOAD) "Cult Awareness Network v. Church" by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Cult Awareness Network v. Church
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 18, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
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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 plaintiff. The circuit court dismissed the suit for failure to state a cause of action. The court ruled that (i) plaintiff had failed to allege a favorable termination of the underlying actions and (ii) plaintiff had not satisfied the special damage requirement for actions sounding in malicious prosecution. The appellate court affirmed the order of dismissal (279 Ill. App. 3d 66, 215 Ill. Dec. 820, 664 N.E.2d 217), and we allowed plaintiff's petition for leave to appeal (155 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgments of the appellate and circuit courts and remand the matter to the circuit court for further proceedings.
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