] Attorney Dr. Martine Rothblatt filed a motion for a
] preliminary injunction to prevent a corporation from
] disconnecting an intelligent computer in a mock trial at
] the International Bar Association conference in San
] Francisco, Sept. 16, 2003. The issue could arise in a
] real court within the next few decades, as computers
] achieve or exceed the information processing capability
] of the human mind and the boundary between human and
] machine becomes increasingly blurred.

Transcript and associated documents for a mock trial held 9/16/2003 in San Francisco. The plaintiff is requesting an injunction to prevent a corporation from unplugging a sentient computer, which just happens to have retained its own lawyer.