Denver Post
[Page 2B, 09/20/95 morning edition, sidebar]

CHURCH CASE IN HIGH COURT
The Church of Scientology copyright-infringement case that started
with raids by U.S. marshals on two Boulder County homes last month
landed in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday.

The filing with the highest court in the country is a last-ditch effort
by attorneys for the controversial church to avoid an order by Denver
U.S. District Court Judge John Kane calling for all the items confiscated
in the Aug. 22 raids to be returned to Lawrence Wollersheim of Boulder
and Bob Penny of Niwot.

Wollersheim and Penny are former Church of Scientology members.  They had
been using their FACTNet "computer library" to provide damaging information
about the church over the Internet.

Church officials contend that the information used by two detractors violates
Scientology copyrights.

The U.S. 10th Circuit of Appeals last week issued a 48 hour stay of Kane's
order.  Earlier this week, the court refused to extend that stay.

Tom Kelley, attorney for the detractors, said that he expects the Supreme
Court to act quickly and that he will delay any further action on behalf
of his clients until that happens.