Showing posts with label FLDS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FLDS. Show all posts
Thursday, August 29, 2019

9th Circuit: FLDS Towns Discriminated Against Non-Church Members

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In United States v. Town of Colorado City, Arizona ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 26, 2019), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Judicial Oversight of FLDS Land Trust Ended

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According to AP , a Utah state court judge on Tuesday agreed to end the 14-year judicial oversight of the United Effort Plan Trust that hold...
Monday, May 20, 2019

FLDS Bishop Convicted By Canadian Court In Marriage of His Minor Daughter

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In Regina v. Oler ,  (B.C. Sup. Ct., May 17, 2019), a British Columbia trial court found Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Monday, March 18, 2019

10th Circuit: Suit Against FLDS Leader Warren Jeff's Lawyers Can Move Ahead

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In Bistline v. Parker ,  (10th Cir., March 14, 2019), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision reversing a district court...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Two FLDS Leaders Convicted of Polygamy In Canada

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AP reports that in the Canadian province of British Columbia, two leaders of the FLDS sect living in the border town of Bountiful have been...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Suit Charges FLDS Leaders With Ritual Sex Abuse of Minors

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In a lawsuit filed yesterday in Utah state court, a young woman sued the FLDS Church and various of its leaders alleging that she was a repe...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

FLDS Members Quietly Regaining Their Homes

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The Salt Lake Tribune yesterday reported that after 12 years of litigation and impasses, a number of members of the polygamous FLDS Church ...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

FLDS Leader Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison

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As reported by News4Utah  and Fox13News , yesterday a Utah federal district judge sentenced FLDS Church leader Lyle Jeffs to 45 months in p...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

FLDS Leader Ordered To Pay $16M In Damages To Child Victim

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Utah state trial court judge Keith Kelly on Tuesday ordered Warren Jeffs (who is now in prison) and the polygamous FLDS church that he heads...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Court Interprets Scope of Food Stamp Fraud For Upcoming FLDS Leader's Trial

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As previously reported , last year eleven leaders and members of the polygamous FLDS Church were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Canadian Court Convicts 2 FLDS Leaders of Polygamy

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In the Canadian province of British Columbia yesterday, a trial court found two former bishops of the FLDS Church guilty of polygamy.   The ...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Fugitive FLDS Leader Arrested

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As reported by KUTV , the FBI in Salt Lake City announced the arrest in South Dakota on Wednesday evening of fugitive FLDS leader Lyle Jeff...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Court Enters Housing and Policing Injunctions Against FLDS-Dominated Towns

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In United States v. Town of  Colorado City, Arizona ,  (D AZ, April 18, 2017), an Arizona federal district court took major steps to attempt...
Sunday, February 05, 2017

Canadian Court Convicts 2 FLDS Members For Bringing Daughter To US To Marry Church Leader

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As reported by the Toronto Sun , a British Columbia (Canada) trial court has found that FLDS member Brandon James Blackmore, assisted by Gai...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Suit By FLDS Members Against Warren Jeffs' Former Lawyers Is Dismissed

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In Bistline v. Jeffs ,  (D UT, Jan. 11, 2017), a Utah federal district court dismissed a suit that had been brought by former members of the...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Plea Agreement Reached In FLDS Food Stamp Fraud Prosecution

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AP reports  that Seth Jeffs, a high-ranking member of the polygamous FLDS Church, has accepted a plea deal in his prosecution for food stamp...
Friday, December 09, 2016

Company Using FLDS Child Labor Held In Contempt

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In Perez v. Paragon Contractors Corp. ,  (D UT, Dec. 6, 2016), a Utah federal district court held that a construction company which had prev...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

RFRA Does Not Protect FLDS Members' Food Stamp Fraud

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As previously reported , in February the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah announced indictments against eleven leaders an...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Suit Charges FLDS Towns With Discrimination Against Non-FLDS Members

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The FLDS-controlled towns of Colorado City, Arizona and Hilldale, Utah, along with the FLDS Church, were sued last week in federal district ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

FLDS Fraud Defendant Says 1st Amendment Protects His Letters To Jailed Leader

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As previously reported , in February eleven members of the polygamous FLDS Church were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit food stam...