3 lawsuits against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We discuss the class action suit, Judson et al v. LDS, the recently tossed case of Huntsman v. LDS, and the civil RICO suit Gaddy v. LDS. Where do they stand? How likely are they to prevail? What are the next steps? We go over them and discuss the implications and steps forward. Then we chat about the 2015 movie Spotlight about the Boston Globe journalists who reported on Cathlolic sex abuse in the early 2000s. We wrap with some happy news about a new solar plant being built in Oregon!

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Show Notes:

Gaddy v. LDS

https://casetext.com/case/gaddy-v-corp-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/utah/utdce/2:2019cv00554/116009/141/

https://becketfund.org/case/gaddy-v-corporation-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.116009/gov.uscourts.utd.116009.135.3.pdf

https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/75208-gaddy-lawsuit-judgement/page/2/

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554/pdf/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554-3.pdf

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16025781/gaddy-v-corporation-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UQYzFYaxc

Judson et al v. LDS

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/utah/utdce/2:2024cv00296/147894

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925.1.0_1.pdf

https://casetext.com/case/chappell-v-corp-of-the-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-sts/case-details

https://www.abc4.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/Judsons_v_Church-et.-al.pdf

Huntsman v. LDS

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/07/21-56056.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0z0RlmuGbs4QHRVQ6byrR4hxtFMJnO3ATZY6_OZoxAa0amlQMV1hjt_u8

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/07/21-56056.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0z0RlmuGbs4QHRVQ6byrR4hxtFMJnO3ATZY6_OZoxAa0amlQMV1hjt_u8

https://www.seegerweiss.com/news/lds-church-members-file-class-action-suit-over-misuse-of-donations/

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/litigation-continues-in-federal-actions-alleging-fraud-with-lds-tithings#google_vignette

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/lds-church-federal-court-tithing/

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10324777/james-huntsman-v-corporation-of-the-president/?q=huntsman+v+lds

https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20250131123631/21-56056.pdf

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2025/01/31/huntsman-tithing-lawsuit-dismissed-9th-circuit-panel/

Other related resources:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-267/132540/20200210155952382_19-26719-348tsacNationalRightToWork.pdf

https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop9/178594.shtml

https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/religion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Shelby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAOqZHyxbtg

https://www.mormonstories.org/church-on-trial-history-fraud/

https://wasmormon.org/facts-vs-beliefs-no-limit-at-all-on-what-church-is-required-to-teach-or-not-teach/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/121/1327/2505205/

https://www.churchlawcenter.com/church-law/when-churches-own-a-business/

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Spotlight (2015): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/?ref_=tttrv_ov

Where it's streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/spotlight

Articles:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)

Wired: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/spotlight-journalism-movies/

LA Press Club Veritas award: https://lapressclub.org/veritas/

Happy News:

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/oregon-to-host-nations-largest-solar-plus-storage-installation

Recent Live Show Book Club on Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxAsGWNVXo

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