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Date: October 29, 2014 10:41PM
Here is the older link to the thread.
It has the links to the 60 minutes episode.
Link to a church document discussing the talking points and another link about the appeals court and what the judgment was.
Posted by: Mo Larkey Date: October 23, 2010 01:30AM
CBS 60 MINS 1979 LDS GARN BAUM Part 1
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd0asb_cbs-60-mins-1979-lds-garn-baum-part_newsCBS 60 MINS 1979 LDS GARN BAUM Part 2 25
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd0ax6_cbs-60-mins-1979-lds-garn-baum-part_newsPosted by: SL Cabbie Date: October 23, 2010 02:18AM
"I see this was 1979, so Hinckley wasn't in the FP yet... As always, I'm grateful for facts, and I find the silence by Mormons on this one is telling..."
"And in the interest of full disclosure, I found this reply on Google, and the summary judgment of the appeals court... Scroll down past the faith-promoting African stuff..."
http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=41a3615b01a6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRDLawyers for Mr. Baum spent more than three years investigating the case and taking sworn depositions of all possible witnesses. On 28 November 1979, a U.S. District Court judge was asked to dismiss the case for the reason that there was no evidence to support Mr. Baum’s action against the Church corporations.
The federal judge listened to the entire argument of Mr. Baum’s lawyer. After the lawyer, with Mr. Baum in attendance, stated that he had no case against the Church corporations, the judge said:
“As I understand it, counsellor, you concede that you’ve been able to discover nothing in the records in reference to the so-called ecclesiastical corporations.”
Mr. Baum’s attorney, who is not a member of the Church, replied: “Yes, Your Honor. I have to be candid. I can find nothing in the depositions which show the requisite matters [essential facts necessary to support a legal claim] as to the two church corporations.”
The above statements of the judge and Mr. Baum’s lawyer were communicated to the CBS-TV producer of the 60 Minutes television program, who refused to use them.
http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/648/1292/130626/Essentially, the plaintiffs (baum) went through a number of lawyers to help represent them. During discovery they couldn't find anything. They hoped that through having a trial, evidence could then be produced.
As to why they couldn't produce anything prior is questionable. The burdens of proof was the responsibility of the Plaintiffs and didn't have any.