Earle Cooley, Scientology and Boston University (Archive)

This web page was originally done by Ramón Kolb, a student of Boston University. I took it over after he graduated, and made cosmetic changes, and added information.

• Article in the Boston Herald of 18.11.2009: Scientology’s top gun pays respects: Tom Cruise attended Earle Cooley's memorial service
  
  
• Article in BU Today of 30.10.2009: Earle C. Cooley, former BU Board of Trustees chair, dies at 77
  
  
• Article in the Boston Herald of 18.5.2004: Earle Cooley given the boot
• Article in B.U. Bridge of 20.4.2001: Earle Cooley no longer chairman of the board!

 
• Article in the Boston Globe of 16.9.1998, explaining that Cooley is more than "just" a lawyer for scientology.

 
• Earle Cooley's memory lapse with the Boston Globe, by Jesse Prince, former Nr. 2 in the RTC

 
• Article in The American Lawyer of 03/96, called "Making Law, Making Enemies". Cooley gets mentioned several times, do a text search for him. Source: counsel.com, The American Lawyer

 
• Article in the Boston Phoenix of 19.4.1996 about Boston University's Scientology Connection Source: Boston Phoenix
• Article in SALON of 15.5.1996: Getting Clear at BU?

 
• BU trustee wins copyright lawsuit for ScientologistsSource: Daily Free Press
• Ramón Kolb's reaction to the above article, and an email from the Daily Free Press stating that they won't publish his letter Source: Ramón Kolb
• Article in The American Jurist about ethics for lawyers involved with the defense of the CoS Source: The American Jurist (Washinton College of Law)

 
• Cooley's role in the case Wollersheim vs CoSSource: Cal Law, American Lawyer Media LP

 
• Earle Cooley began representing the CoS in 1984, and joined it not long afterwards. The American Lawyer magazine ran a long article about Scientology's lawyers in July 1992. Earle Cooley is prominently mentioned (do a text search for his name). The full text is here. Source: The American Lawyer

 
• The BU Daily Free Press ran a whole bunch of articles on CoS and Cooley at the beginning of Fall Term 1995. Ron Newman also wrote a letter to the editor, which they printed. He put all of these on his web page (with the newspaper's permission). See

Daily Free Press 9/5/95
Daily Free Press 9/5/95-side
Daily Free Press 9/6/95
Ron's letter in D.F.P. 9/8/95
Daily Free Press 9/11/95
Daily Free Press 9/11/95-side
(Note: dates are in U.S. format: M/DD/YY). Sources: Daily Free Press, Ron Newman
 
• Partial transcript of a "60 Minutes" (TV show) segment on Scientology, including a short interview with Earle Cooley. (Cooley is "EC" here) Source: 60 Minutes Show, Ron Newman

 
• Los Angeles Times series on Scientology; very long, mentions Cooley repeatedly in several different articles; includes Cooley's involvement in the events that followed LRH's death in 1986. Source: Los Angeles Times, Ron Newman

 
• Description of the 6/23/95 court hearing in the Dennis Erlich case, at which Cooley represented the CoS. Source: Ron Newman
• A transcript of that 6/23/95 court hearing. Source: Ron Newman

 
• Description of the raid on Arnie Lerma's home, which Cooley personally participated in. Source: Ron Newman

 
• Another article about the raid, with scurrilous statement by Cooley. Source: CNN.

 
• A Scientology press release about the raid on Arnie Lerma; quotes Cooley. Source: Ron Newman, Church of Scientology

 
• A Scientology press release announcing that they are suing the Washington Post -- this one actually has Cooley listed as the contact person! Source: Ron Newman, Church of Scientology

 
• Washington Post articles about the Lerma/Washington Post case:

Washington Post 8/23/95
Washington Post 8/31/95
Washington Post 9/16/95
(Dates are in U.S. format: M/DD/YY). Source: Washington Post, Ron Newman
 
• An article in electronic magazine Biased Journalism, with a description of the 8/25/95 court hearing in the Lerma/Washington Post case, all containing choice quotes by Cooley. Source: Biased Journalism, Ron Newman

 
• Rocky Mountain News article about a court hearing in the Wollersheim case. Source: Rocky Mountain News, Ron Newman

 
• Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News articles about Judge Kane's ruling ordering seized items returned to Wollersheim. Source: Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Ron Newman

 
• Patrick J. describes the 9/15/95 court hearing in the Lerma case; Cooley is identified here as "EC". Source: Patrick J., Ron Newman

 
• Associated Press articles on judges Brinkema and Kane issuing orders that seized items be returned to the defendants Lerma and Wollersheim respectively:

Associated Press, 9/16/95
Associated Press, 10/3/95
Source: Associated Press, Ron Newman
 
• Reuters article: ditto. Source: Reuters, Ron Newman

 
• September 8-12 Colorado court hearing transcript. Source: Faegre & Benson.
• September 15 Virginia court hearing transcript. Source: F.A.C.T.Net

 
• A 12/1/85 Washington Post article in which Cooley admits that he's a member of the Cof$ Cult. Source: Washington Post

 
• Profile of Earle C. Cooley, gathered from public records

 
• Earle Cooley homepage on the site of his lawfirm: Cooley Manion Jones LLP

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