Department of Justice letter regarding legal status of Rajneeshpuram

Title

Department of Justice letter regarding legal status of Rajneeshpuram

Description

A November 20, 1984 letter from William F. Gary, Deputy Attorney General, to John G. Keane, Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, regarding the City of Rajneeshpuram. The letter responds to a request for information about Rajneeshpuram's legal status in connection with federal revenue sharing. Gary states that the Oregon Attorney General's office considered Rajneeshpuram never to have been validly constituted as a municipal government, based on the Attorney General's October 6, 1983 formal legal opinion.

This is one document from a binder containing various notes, memos, and official documents relating to the Rajneesh movement compiled by Gerry Thompson. Thompson was Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh's Chief of Staff during most of his governorship.

Identifier

PUA_MS96_R083

Creator

Gary, William F.

Oregon. Attorney General's Office

Date

1984

Date Created

November 20, 1984

Spatial Coverage

Oregon

Subject

Rajneeshees

Rajneeshpuram (Or.)

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/

Is Part Of

Gerry Thompson Rajneesh Notes Binder, Governor Victor Atiyeh Papers

Source

Pacific University Archives