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To: Gideon300

My lonely crusade is to de-fetishize lawsuits around here. They’re not the magic bullets they’re supposed to be. First you can slap whatever number you want onto them, so if you see them described by dollar terms you should avoid getting taken in by the label. Second, only the government can bring true RICO claims. Third of the claims are RICO-like, the plaintiff probably doesn’t have standing. Fourth, even if the plaintiff has standing, there’s proabavly statute of limitations problems with at least some of the claims


7 posted on 07/02/2018 7:10:41 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: j.havenfarm

What an awesome reply! You should make a little macro so that whenever someone posts about a lawsuit, your post gets pulled up and attached to their post.


10 posted on 07/02/2018 7:19:40 AM PDT by blu (WWG1WGA)
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To: j.havenfarm
I take no stand on whether this individuals pleadings are sufficient to demonstrate the "proximate cause" required to pursue a RICO claim. However, individuals can pursue civil remedies under RICO 18 U.S. Code § 1964 (c) Any person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 of this chapter may sue therefor in any appropriate United States district court and shall recover threefold the damages he sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, except that no person may rely upon any conduct that would have been actionable as fraud in the purchase or sale of securities to establish a violation of section 1962. The exception contained in the preceding sentence does not apply to an action against any person that is criminally convicted in connection with the fraud, in which case the statute of limitations shall start to run on the date on which the conviction becomes final.

WRT statute of limitations, his claim is that the conspirators retaliated against him for publishing a book that injured Hilary's chances of winning the presidency. At least that claim is recent.

20 posted on 07/02/2018 8:18:14 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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