United States v. Hubbard was a 1978 criminal court case charging Mary Sue Hubbard

Mary Sue Hubbard

Mary Sue Hubbard was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, from 1952 to his death in 1986, and was a leading figure in Scientology for much of her life...

 and several other members of the Church of Scientology

Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...

 with violations of various laws including:

U.S.C. 18

Title 18

Title 18 of the United States Code is the criminal and penal code of the federal government of the United States. It deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure....

 §§ (Aiding and Abetting), (Conspiracy), (Theft of Govt Property), (Obstruction of Justice), (False Declarations before a Grand Jury), and (Interception of Oral Communication). Also included was 22 D.C. Code §§ 105, 1801(b) (Burglary, Aiding and Abetting).

Defendants

List from Grand Jury document.

• Mary Sue Hubbard
• Jane Kember
• Morris Budlong
• Henning Heldt
• Duke Snider
• Gregory Willardson
• Richard Weigand
• Mitchell Hermann aka Mike Cooper
• Cindy Raymond
• Gerald Bennett Wolfe
• Sharon Thomas

Result

A scan of sentencing orders dated Dec 11 1979 lists some of the results of the trial.

Defendant	Charge	Prison time	Fine
Morris Budlong	Burglary, Aiding and Abetting	2–6 years
Henning Heldt	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Mitchell Hermann	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Jane Kember	Burglary, Aiding and Abetting	2–6 years
Cindy Raymond	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000
Mary Sue Hubbard	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000
Duke Snider	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Sharon Thomas	Theft of Government Property	1 year (6 mos served) 5 years probation	$1,000
Richard Weigand	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Gregory Willardson	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Gerald Bennett Wolfe	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000

See also

• Operation Snow White
  Operation Snow White
  Operation Snow White was the Church of Scientology's name for a conspiracy during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard...
  
  
• Operation Freakout
  Operation Freakout
  Operation Freakout, also known as Operation PC Freakout, was a Church of Scientology covert plan intended to have the US author and journalist Paulette Cooper imprisoned or committed to a mental institution...
  
  
• List of Guardian's Office operations
• Scientology and the legal system
  Scientology and the legal system
  The Church of Scientology has been involved in court disputes in several countries. In some cases, when the Church has initiated the dispute, question has been raised as to its motives. The Church says that its use of the legal system is necessary to protect its intellectual property and its right...
  
  

External links

• A collection of legal documents related to Operation Snow White (US v Hubbard and US v Kember and Budlong) from freewinds.be
• Grand Jury Indictment from lermanet.com
• 1980 Sentencing memorandum for Jane Kember and Morris Budlong from wikisource