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ACORN files suit against filmmakers
politico.com ^ | Sept. 23, 2009 | JAKE SHERMAN

Posted on 09/23/2009 2:35:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

ACORN filed suit today in Maryland against conservative filmmakers James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles and conservative Web site Breitbart.com for secretly taping the organization’s employees at its Baltimore office.

In the complaint, ACORN alleges that the filmmakers entered into the organization’s offices in July with a “hidden camera and microphone” and taped employees Tonja Thompson and Shera Williams. Both employees are listed as plaintiffs on the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

ACORN is seeking $500,000 for each employee and $1 million for the organization in damages.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: acorn; frivolouslawsuits; hannahgiles; lawsuit; lawsuitabuse; okeefe; sherawilliams; tonjathompson
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To: wac3rd

Future episode of the Jerry Springer Show in the works?????


61 posted on 09/23/2009 2:56:12 PM PDT by jedi150
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh no they didn’t!


62 posted on 09/23/2009 2:56:20 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (Sarah speaks for me!)
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To: Domangart
"What about interstate commerces. Does this trump state laws? "

In what respect?

63 posted on 09/23/2009 2:57:33 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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To: kjo
I got to believe that this is either freedom of speech (a la Michael Moore or sixty minutes) or freedom of the press. Where Youtube is a common mans source for news.
64 posted on 09/23/2009 2:57:48 PM PDT by poinq
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Bring on Discovery!
65 posted on 09/23/2009 2:58:57 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: All

Where do I donate to the defense fund for these two kids?


66 posted on 09/23/2009 2:59:43 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (Birthers - People who insisted Sarah Palin provide a DNA test to prove Trig is hers.)
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To: Marty62
DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DISCOVERY

SHRED SHRED SHRED

67 posted on 09/23/2009 3:00:07 PM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: Taggart_D

It’s apparently not a state action but a civil lawsuit filed by ACORN, not any law enforcement authority.

The suit may be frivolous and without merit, but Maryland can’t keep its citizens from civil action. The courts will decide. Place the blame where it belongs, and, in this case, it’s not the state.

The question is whether these kids have somebody to pay their legal bills. If not, time for patriots to step up . . .


68 posted on 09/23/2009 3:00:27 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Marty62; Dallas59
DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DISCOVERY

Please allow me to amplify...although I suspect that ACORN is at
this very moment running some of those LARGE truck mounted shredder
units at hyper-speed at all the ACORN facilities around the USA...
to make the shredding operations at a number of corrupt operations
glow green with envy...

DISCOVERY!!! DISCOVERY!!!! DISCOVERY!!!!!

If there is anything faintly approximating "discovery" in the
ACORN case...it's gonna' review ACORN practices so corrupt and
repulsive even to "pragmatists"...ACORN will FIGURATIVELY
burned to the ground. In the eyes of the general American public.
69 posted on 09/23/2009 3:01:31 PM PDT by VOA
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To: madison10
I am a cynic: Wonder if the courts are too stacked for justice to be done?

ACORN = Obama. He (and Soros) will make this a legal battle deluxe. They protect their own. Noted no AUDIT of ACORN, just an "investigation" by individuals who also connect to Obama via ACORN roots.

70 posted on 09/23/2009 3:03:05 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: OldDeckHand

I should have said, the attorney asking the question may argue and state what the answer would be, and the opposing attorney may not refute it.

The Jury can then draw what inferences and conclusions they want. They may also give it what weight they want.


71 posted on 09/23/2009 3:04:17 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: MamaDearest

EXACTLY!

O will take care of his own.


72 posted on 09/23/2009 3:04:21 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (WARNING! WARNING! "Political Terrorist in Charge" — STAY AWAY FROM MY BODY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Acorn will now demonstrate how they dislike 1st amendment speech rights.

But the MSM will not cover it, IMHO.

73 posted on 09/23/2009 3:04:34 PM PDT by Candor7 (The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Pray for these young people....we live in dangerous times.


74 posted on 09/23/2009 3:05:41 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Grunthor
Damages claimed by Acorn?

8.6 billion dollars.

Buahahahahahahaha!

75 posted on 09/23/2009 3:06:05 PM PDT by Candor7 (The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
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To: NavySEAL F-16; xzins; blue-duncan; wmfights; Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper
If they were illegally operating in Maryland, then they would have no standing in Maryland (as a fictitious entity) to bring a lawsuit.

They may know that and they may know that their lawsuit is going to get tossed out on a demur, but they are filing it in order to get the publicity that they are "mad as hell" and they're not going to take it any more.

If the suit gets tossed because ACORN has no standing to sue, then Giles and O'Keefe would not be able to engage in discovery. ACORN could claim that their lawsuit had merit, but that it was thrown out on a "technicality" thus saving face.

76 posted on 09/23/2009 3:06:26 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: polymuser

I’ve asked this in other threads but never got a good answer so I’ll ask again:

I thought in discovery the defense is only allowed to subpeona materials that could lead to evidence in their defense.

They are being sued for illegally audio recording the plaintiffs without their knowledge or consent. That’s all they are being charged with—not slander, false accusation, etc. So what would be allowed to be subpeonaed in discovery? How would ACORN’s records of misdeeds lead to evidence that they did not record them without their consent?

I hope I’m wrong, but it seems to me that none of ACORN’s crimes will ever be revealed in the discovery phase of this trial. And I don’t see how the reporters can prove that they didn’t record audio without the employees’ knowledge.

Any lawyers out there, or anyoneone who truly has knowledge and/or experience with the law please answer.


77 posted on 09/23/2009 3:06:48 PM PDT by CrosscutSaw
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Discovery's gonna be a bitch.


78 posted on 09/23/2009 3:07:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (DEFINITION: rac-ist (rA'sis't) 1. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal about any topic.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I will volunteer to help write Interrogatories!
What an incredible development. I keep thinking “these people aren't stupid” and they seem to be going out of their way to prove me wrong. We maybe looking at the beginning of the end for this administration.
79 posted on 09/23/2009 3:07:40 PM PDT by txroadkill ( 9/12/2009 another win for the Gipper!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not only is discovery going to be a real hoot, the fact that they included the crooked taped workers in the complaint is an indication of their tacit approval of their illegal acts.


80 posted on 09/23/2009 3:08:24 PM PDT by SiVisPacemParaBellum (Peace through superior firepower!)
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