FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BROWN LAW FIRM, COUNSEL FOR JIM GILCHRIST AND THE MINUTEMAN PROJECT, SEEKS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION TO PREVENT FORMER ADVISORS FROM CLAIMING CONTROL OF THE ORGANIZATION
Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist brought former advisors to court today to establish his control of the organization.

/Politics News Articles/ - SANTA ANA, CA, March 23, 2007 - Brown Law Firm clients, The Minuteman Project, the prominent opponent of illegal immigration, its founder Jim Gilchrist and Steve Eichler, one of the advisors who remains loyal to Gilchrist and the Minuteman Project, sought a preliminary injunction in Orange County Superior Court which would order former advisors of the Minuteman Project to refrain from claiming that they represent the organization. Mark S. Brown, of the Brown Law Firm in San Juan Capistrano, appeared before Judge Randal Wilkinson Wednesday afternoon arguing that the Defendants did not have legal authority to act on behalf of the organization. The relief sought would also prohibit the Defendants from diverting Minuteman Project funds or from accessing the Minuteman Project bank account or website.

On February 22, 2007, Brown brought the suit on behalf of Gilchrist and the other plaintiffs. In addition to seeking an injunction to establish Gilchrist's control of the organization, the suit also alleges that the former advisors defamed Gilchrist, Eichler and the organization. "The Defendants were never more than advisors to the Minuteman Project and did not have authority to act on behalf of the organization. When they realized they could not legally take over the organization for their personal gain, they spread malicious lies about Jim Gilchrist and Steve Eichler and tried to hijack the organization," said attorney Brown. The court did not issue a ruling the day of the hearing but indicated that it would do so shortly.

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