commission of a criminal offense.

The Court must also consider, when ruling, the
detriment to the Respondent, Mr. Minton. Mr. Minton is
guilty only of exercising his First Amendment rights.

Any concerns about Mr. Minton’s conduct during
a moment on the evening of October 31 are set aside. He
has obeyed the injunction. He has, in effect, successfully
completed a probationary period, if you will, of 180 days
without any further violation or problem, and there is a
twist of logic to say that because he has obeyed the
injunction, it should be extended.

Obviously, the negative pregnant of that is,
had he not obeyed the injunction, it still should be
extended. It makes no logical sense.

For that reason, I would ask this Court to
bring this matter to an end as of five o’clock this evening
and to enjoin Mr. Minton no more in this matter, to allow
matters to take their course and to allow Mr. Minton the
freedom to exercise his First Amendment rights in a civil
and legal fashion.

THE COURT: All right, Mr. Howie. Thank you
very much. Mr. Merrett.

MR. MERRETT: Your Honor, in today’s

proceedings, Scientology, in all its incarnations, has gone
on record as being purely and simply no more and no less