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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I, Patrick L. Hinton, declare:

THE HONORABLE MARTIN J. JENKINS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Herbert J. Sims & Co., Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Mark Roven, James Darden III, Rod Butterfield, Steve Bares, Jay Magwire, Carolyn Magwire, Dorothy McCarty, Richard Teerlink, Elenora Crone, Nellie Morison, Scott M. Crone, Scott R. Crone and Nadine Vanderlanes, Defendants.

CASE NO.: C07-04777 MJJ DECLARATION OF PATRICK L. HINTON AND EXHIBIT IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Date: January 8, 2008 Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept: 11. 19th Floor

1. I am the attorney of record for defendants in the above entitled action. The facts set forth below are of my own personal knowledge and I could competently testify to them if called as a witness. 2. Attached as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary's definition of the term "customer." This definition can be found on-line at www.m-w.com/dictionary.

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I declare subject to penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.

Dated: November 28, 2007

__/s/ Patrick L. Hinton______ Patrick L. Hinton

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Exhibit 1

Definition of customer - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/customer

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One entry found. customer Main Entry: cus·tom·er Pronunciation: \ks-t-mr\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English custumer, from custume Date: 15th century
1 : one that purchases a commodity or service 2 : an individual usually having some specified distinctive trait
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 /s/ Patrick L. Hinton Patrick L. Hinton Dated: November 28, 2007

Certificate of Mailing I, Patrick L. Hinton, hereby certify that on this date I caused true and correct copies of the document to which this certificate is attached to be served on the following parties via the Court's ECF system and by placing photocopies of the documents in an envelope, addressed as indicated below with first class postage prepaid, depositing such envelope for delivery with the U.S. Postal Service: Steven N. Machtinger, Esq. John D. Pernick, Esq. Geoffrey S. Beckham, Esq. Bingham McCutchen, LLP 3 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, California 94111-4067

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