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injunction that banned the poker from any of seventeen
places that the pokee might or might not turn up.
 
Then the injunction is expanded to apply those
same restraints to a corporation and three other people who
are alleged to be somehow connected with the poker. I
think that’s clearly metastasization rather than growth or
rejuvenation.
 
The people whom I’m here to represent -- the
Lisa McPherson Trust, Mr. Prince, Mr. Ward and
 
Mr. Bunker -- have never committed any act which is in any
way violative of any law or of anyone’s rights, yet they
stand and have stood since February of this year under your
gavel having never done anything wrong, having never
threatened anyone, having never touched anyone, having
never done anything but offend against the Scientological
principle that free speech must be quashed.
 
And your gavel was raised in defense of that
principle, Your Honor. How that ended up happening, I
don’t know, but it is undeniable that you have three people
who are absolutely innocent as far as any material issue in
this case who stand under the threat of contempt of court
for exercising what would otherwise be unmistakable,
un-arguable rights under the constitution.
 
A second legal point that I want to suggest to
the Court is this: There is a case, which I hope I can

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