There were a number of civil suits. I think the NJ suit had to do with the claims that the TM Sidhis could teach you to fly or levitate. Here's a link to a summary of a civil suit in Washington, DC regarding psychological problems caused by the practice of TM techniques. See:
http://www.trancenet.net/personal/40.shtml --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Vaj > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY? > > On May 29, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Randy Meltzer > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY? > > I have heard in a variety of places including this forum that Maharishi > could not enter the US and India after a certan point because if he did he > would have been served with legal papers. > Does anyone know the details of these cases and why he would have been > served? > Robin Carlson had a suit against him. I don't know what the issue was. > Probably he was trying to get MMY to proclaim under oath that Robin was > enlightened. During the NJ "TM in the Schools" court case, the plaintiffs > tried to get people as high as possible in the TMO into court. We set up a > big event at which Domash was supposed to speak, but at the last minute > Movement lawyers wouldn't let him, for fear he could be subpoenaed. So John > Gray made a fool of himself trying to talk impromptu about physics for > nearly an hour. When MMY visited MIU during the Taste of Utopia course, the > sheriff was at the frat he was staying in, trying to subpoena him. Lenny > Goldman successfully fended him off. > I have copies of the one Robin Carlsen case. It was a half dozen or so MIU > students who were suing the TMO for throwing them out because of their > affiliation with RWC. There was also a case where they forced MMY to make a > public declaration regarding RWC's enlightenment. I believe I also have some > materials relating to this case, including the large insert RWC had placed > in the Fairfield Ledger and some letters. > > Might be amusing to post those to the files section of FFL, for the record. >
