Earle
Cooley, Scientology and Boston University (Archive)
I contend that Cooley is more than "just" a lawyer for
Scientology. I say he is deeply allied with one of the
great anti-intellectual movements of our time, and his
activities are wildly incompatible with his status as
a top official of a major American university. |
Alex Beam in the Boston Globe of 16.9.1998
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!
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Article in the Boston
Globe of 16.9.1998, explaining that Cooley is more than "just" a lawyer
for scientology.
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Earle Cooley's memory
lapse with the Boston Globe, by Jesse Prince, former Nr. 2 in the RTC
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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
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Article in the Boston Phoenix of 19.4.1996
about Boston University's Scientology Connection Source:
Boston Phoenix
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Article in SALON
of 15.5.1996: Getting Clear at BU?
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BU trustee wins copyright lawsuit for ScientologistsSource:
Daily Free Press
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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
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Article in The American Jurist about ethics for lawyers
involved with the defense of the CoS Source: The American
Jurist (Washinton College of Law)
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Cooley's role in the case Wollersheim vs CoSSource:
Cal Law, American Lawyer Media LP
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Description
of the 6/23/95 court hearing in the Dennis Erlich case, at which Cooley
represented the CoS. Source: Ron Newman
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A transcript
of that 6/23/95 court hearing. Source: Ron Newman
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Description
of the raid on Arnie Lerma's home, which Cooley personally participated
in. Source: Ron Newman
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Another article about
the raid, with scurrilous statement by Cooley. Source:
CNN.
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A Scientology press
release about the raid on Arnie Lerma; quotes Cooley. Source:
Ron Newman, Church of Scientology
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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
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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
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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
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Rocky
Mountain News article about a court hearing in the Wollersheim case.
Source:
Rocky Mountain News, Ron Newman
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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
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Patrick J. describes the 9/15/95 court hearing in the Lerma case; Cooley
is identified here as "EC". Source: Patrick J., Ron Newman
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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
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Reuters
article: ditto. Source: Reuters, Ron Newman
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September
8-12 Colorado court hearing transcript. Source: Faegre
& Benson.
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September
15 Virginia court hearing transcript. Source: F.A.C.T.Net
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A 12/1/85
Washington Post article in which Cooley admits that he's a member of
the Cof$ Cult. Source: Washington
Post
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Profile
of Earle C. Cooley, gathered from public records
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Earle Cooley
homepage on the site of his lawfirm: Cooley Manion Jones LLP
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