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From: Tilman Hausherr <tilman@berlin.snafu.de>
Subject: Appeal Trial Minton v. Weber
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:36:42 +0200
Organization: Xenu's Ranch
Message-ID: <ac1teusi7vsf7t4dcu42nfs3lue185nd1k@4ax.com>
Today I attended the appeal trial in the case Minton v. Weber. It was like a time travel to the days where you know who were the good and the bad guys.
Pictures of the court:
http://www.trempel.de/images/KG_Bild.jpg
http://www.berlin.de/imperia/md/images/rbm-just/LVerfGH_image01_200x166.jpg
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/Nachkriegsjahre_photoAlliierterKontrollratGebaeude/index.jpg
Summary:
The scientology attorney (Blümel) mentioned that Minton is now their kind of guy, so the whole trial would not be needed. Blümel said that there is a "no contact order" re: Minton. Minton's attorney (Eisenberg) said he had no such instructions, and would proceed as usual, so not to create an impression that he was betraying his client. He said he has an appointment on Monday with Minton.
The court refused to consider any USA info.
The parties discussed the possibility of a settlement. This did not go anywhere because of the costs. Someone suggested a confidential settlement. Blümel refused this, looking at me, and said "Because of the press". (Big <g>, even of a scientologist)
Then they argued about the libel case, similarly to last year. The court mentioned that an organisation that prints 2000000 copies of something is required to do research. To me, it seemed that the clam cult had nothing against Minton in this case. I think Minton will win all or most of the case (no decision yet).
Tilman
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