Dear Mr. Garmel,

The hearing in my Nantucket case was this morning, scheduled for
9:30 a.m.  Each side was given fifteen minutes; I was sixth in line,
started to speak about 11:45, and returned home at about 2 o'clock.
The hearing took place in the John Adams Courthouse, Courtroom 3,
Third Floor, in Pemberton Square.  Presiding was Justice Kafker,
a pleasant, slender, unassuming man perhaps in his early fifties.
He was flanked on his right by Justice Vuono, a woman with straight
flaxen hair, who was made up, like most women in public life, to
look about 35; and on Justice Kafker's left sat Justice Sikora,
a somewhat older man, squat and with white hair, who looked like
the proprietor of the local hardware store. I thought he might be
unreceptive to my arguments and to my style. But that turned out
not to be the case. Forntunately, I didn't have to give a speech. 
The judges immediately started asking questions to which I gave
clear, definite answers which seemed to satisfy them. All three
judges expressed sentiments of sympathy with my arguments and with
my complaints about the way Nantucket has been treating me. They
complimented me on the quality of my legal work.  To the Nantucket
attorney, Kimberly Saillant they were polite, but they were
explicitly critical of her arguments.

The presiding Judge Kafker, if I understood him correctly, -
and my ears were worse than ever, - said the case should be
compromised. "We don't usually do this," he said, "but
we'll wait two weeks, and then we'll do our job." How that
job might turn out, and what he expects to happen within
the next two weeks, I have no idea. I should expect an appeals
court to give a clear, explicit order for what they want done.
Perhaps in the next few days, the mail will bring a surprise.
I don't think Justice Kafker had thought the matter through,
because any compromise would necessarily involve the Attorney
General who did not participate in the argument, and who was
not even there. I have no idea what sort of compromise might
be acceptable to the AG.

That's where I am today. The future looks interesting. Thanks
as always for your interest and your help. I'll keep you
informed.

Sincerely,
Ernst Meyer