Day 139 - 21 Jun 95 - Page 50
1 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, he has given evidence. He said in his
2 statement ----
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4 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Morris, please.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let Mr. Rampton say what he wants and then
7 you answer.
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9 MR. RAMPTON: I deliberately in chief exacted from this witness,
10 and it is obvious to anyone in McDonald's, that there was
11 nothing of a factual nature that he could contribute to
12 this part of the Puerto Rico store because he was not
13 there. In any case, from what is written in this
14 statement, what could Mr. Morris possibly be expecting to
15 extract that had any legitimate bearing in this case? I am
16 only trying to save time. Whether this is a filibuster by
17 Mr. Morris, I do not know, but I do not see the point of
18 it.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not think it is a filibuster;
21 I certainly do not know that it is, but what is the point
22 in relation to an issue in this matter. When we get up to
23 1974 then I see that, but what do the 1960s have to do with
24 it?
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26 MR. MORRIS: Well, you said Puerto Rico ----
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know what he said in his statement, but we
29 cannot just pick up every point in the statement whether it
30 is material or not.
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32 MR. MORRIS: I am not picking up every point in the statement.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Say what the relevance of the 1960s is.
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36 MR. MORRIS: To give my complete game away, and I am sure
37 Mr. Stein can handle it, what is Mr. Goldstein doing
38 running the Puerto Rico stores from Washington DC? That
39 was meant to be the reason that they withdrew their
40 co-operation with Don Miller because he was not living in
41 Puerto Rico. There is nothing there about the Company
42 saying it was unacceptable?
43 A. Excuse me?
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45 Q. There is nothing there, is there, about the company cock
46 up?
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know why McDonald's Corporation
49 granted a franchise for a Puerto Rico store or stores in
50 the 1960s to someone who appears to have operated out of
51 Washington DC?
52 A. There are two parts to it. Do I know?
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54 Q. Yes?
55 A. Who they gave ----
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57 Q. No. Do you know, since it was the policy, during your
58 period anyway, for McDonald's Corporation to want people to
59 -- I forget the phrase you gave?
60 A. Absolutely.
