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"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.

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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.

The limits and the penalties for overstepping are getting clearer: http://www.thecourt.ca/anton-piller-orders-and-privileged-do...

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