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A "civil search warrant"? Fortunately, we have no such thing in the U.S. And since it appears he wasn't allowed to leave, it was effectively a "civil arrest war

• stan_rogers 9y ago
  You only think you don't. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_the_Internet#Raids_and_lawsuits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_the_Internet#R...
  • ameister14 9y ago
    "Accompanied by Scientology lawyers, federal marshals made several raids on the homes of individuals who were accused of posting Scientology's copyrighted materials to the newsgroup." That's different than the scientology lawyers going alone.
    • endorphone 9y ago
      There was a bailiff and independent counsel there as representatives of the court, so they weren't alone in this case. This action is so rare that they obviously had no clue what the limits were, though.
      • reactor4 9y ago
        The limits and the penalties for overstepping are getting clearer: http://www.thecourt.ca/anton-piller-orders-and-privileged-documents-celanese-v-murray-demolition/ http://www.thecourt.ca/anton-piller-orders-and-privileged-do...
• halostatue 9y ago
  The U.S. has “impoundment orders”, which are fundamentally the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Piller_order#Impoundment_orders_in_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Piller_order#Impoundment...