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McChrystal Out – Zero Sheep — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:55:12 +0000

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Fausta’s Blog » Blog Archive » The 93,000 — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:26:05 +0000

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Comment on Hating Sarah Palin by Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:56:29 +0000

Sarah Palin is a very vocal person and most of the time she speaks what she thinks and how she feels. “

Comment on Can Anyone Make the Case for Barack Obama? by Anna Begum

Anna Begum — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:02:48 +0000

Barack Obama is the best democrat president in my opinion. he makes the best judgment and foreign policies.. ~

Comment on Hating Sarah Palin by Jesus Ross

Jesus Ross — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:45 +0000

I idolize Sarah Palin because she is a woman with very strong character. She has also lots of accomplishments in the area of public service.–

Comment on ACORN v. O’Keefe and Public v. Private by Brad Shepherd

Brad Shepherd — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:58:57 +0000

Thanks for the link. Think the Food Lion case is helpful on the proximate cause issue, but just not sure on the unclean hands. It would be a good argument to make, but at the same time ACORN didn’t act inequitably with regard to the subject of the suit so I think it is stretching the concept a bit. Still, there are so many angles of attack that you could throw a real kitchen-sink defense at the plaintiffs here.

Comment on ACORN v. O’Keefe and Public v. Private by PaulD

PaulD — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:31:04 +0000

Here is a nice discussion the District Court and Appellate Court’s decisions in the Food Lions case. http://www.abanet.org/forums/communication/comlawyer/winter99/avila.html

Interesting question: Can the defense of “unclean hands” be used to defeat the plaintiff’s prayer for injuctive relief? and/or monetary damages?

Comment on ACORN v. O’Keefe and Public v. Private by PaulD

PaulD — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:11:46 +0000

It seems that many people think the argument that there was no private conversation is a slam dunk. My own take is that it is a decent argument, but I would want to research the argument much more carefully before concluding that it is a certain winner. The best analysis in favor of the argument that I have found is at http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-acorns-suit-against-pimp-hooker-and.html
Your previous analysis regarding actual damages I think is a hands down winner. The argument was adopted by the district court in a very analogous case in Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 964 F.Supp. 956, 959 n.2 (M.D.N.C.1997).
Interestingly, Food Lion appealed this case on the issue of causation. The Fourth Circuit did not reach the causation argument because it concluded that Food Lion could not circumvent the 1st amendment restrictions on defemation awards by seeking reputational damages based on a non-reputational state tort. This holding based on Constitutional law and Supreme Court precedent is directly on point and defeats ACORN’s request for reputational damages. You can read the Fourth Circuit opinion here http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/972492.P.pdf . Sorry, I don’t have handy the legal citation.
As an aside, I took a look at profiles of ACORN’s attorneys. They have some well-respected attorneys on their side. I am curious what they may have up their sleaves.

Comment on Analysis: ACORN v. O’Keefe; Conclusion: Are You Kidding Me? by Reddof Nonnac

Reddof Nonnac — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:02:16 +0000

Oh, egg on my face! Seems Maryland has a 10-(whatever) section in just about every section of law. Weird….

Comment on Analysis: ACORN v. O’Keefe; Conclusion: Are You Kidding Me? by Reddof Nonnac

Reddof Nonnac — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:49:18 +0000

Where did you get this ….

§ 10-401 CTS. & JUD. PROC. Definitions.

(2)(i) “Oral communication” means any conversation or words spoken to or by any person in private conversation.

10-401 is wrong. That code in the Maryland law is about internment, etc. I discovered that at justia.com (or whatever it is) looking for the definitions section to the laws talked about here. Still haven’t found them.