Posted on 09/08/2007 8:11:47 PM PDT by Physicist
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 99-CV-4910 |
AND NOW, this 4th day of Sept., 2007, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of defendant Teamsters Local 115 and against plaintiffs Don Adams and Theresa Adams in the amount of $450.10.
| William H. Yohn, Jr., Judge |
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 99-CV-4910 |
AND NOW, this 4th day of Sept., 2007, judgment is hereby rendered in favor of defendant International Brotherhood of Teamsters and against plaintiffs Don Adams and Theresa Adams in the amount of $14,625.94.
| William H. Yohn, Jr., Judge |
Don and Teri Adams receive a beating at the hands of the Teamsters for exercising their political free speech. After NINE YEARS, the judge rules that THEY have to pay the Teamsters' court costs. The victims owe their brutalizers.
You might say, "Ah, well. They lost. Loser pays." But "loser pays" is there to prevent frivolous lawsuits. Obviously this was not frivolous: did you see the blood? And the fists? Did you see the five convictions? Why didn't the judge award attorneys' fees to the Teamsters, if this was frivolous?
Don and Teri have been Nifonged, only worse. The Duke lacrosse players didn't end up having to stand trial--Don Adams actually did--but since that didn't work, the aggressors are using the court system to crush them financially. And look: it's working.
Understand that this is not over. This particular ruling may or may not be appealed--I don't personally know--but the civil case will be pursued in state court. But however that turns out, it looks very likely that they will have to pay this money to those who beat them.
I've been involved in this case from the very beginning. I never, ever dreamed it would actually come to this pass, that the American system would roll over the little guy to this extent. But there it is.
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Who-what-where:
There was I time on FreeRepublic when I didn't have to introduce the topic of Don Adams. Other than Whitewater, it was FreeRepublic's first cause celebre.
In as few words as I can bear to muster, this is what happened. On October 2, 1998, Don and his sister Teri were beaten by members of the Teamsters Union for the crime of protesting against Clinton in Philadelphia.
(I myself had been attacked by the same mob earlier in the day, and I witnessed the Adams incident. I reported the events on FreeRepublic. One famous result was that it prompted Jim Robinson to call for a march on Washington, DC, which drew around 4000 people on October 31, 1998, to demand Clinton's impeachment.)
The DA filed no charges, so Don and Teri Adams pursued private criminal complaints against two of the Teamsters (Kevin McNulty and Marc Nardone), along with Teamster Local 115 boss Johnny Morris. In response, the Teamsters filed charges against Don Adams. McNulty and Nardone copped a plea and got probation. Morris walked. Don Adams was subjected to the indignity of a trial, and was acquitted in July, 1999. Meanwhile, three other Teamsters were identified from video: Charlie Davis, Mark Hopkins, and Norma Bottomer. Don and Teri Adams filed another private criminal complaint, to which the defendants copped pleas and received probation.
In November of 1999, IBT President James Hoffa ordered that Teamsters Local 115 be placed into trusteeship, and that Johnny Morris be stripped of his powers, partly as a result of the Adams beating incident. Morris contested this bitterly until the end of his life.
The civil phase has been lurching along slowly since the end of the criminal phase.
Why you should care:
It is the business of Freepers to exercise our rights under the First Amendment. When we talk back to power, we have an expectation of being secure in our persons, in our property, and in our liberty. If Don and Teri Adams lose, none of these expectations are valid. It will mean that the men in power can silence us at will, without serious consequences. Five foot-soldiers of the totalitarians have received probation. That's something. But unfortunately Don and Teri have been made to pay a long series of terrible prices over the last five years, and much more lies ahead. I expect it to get worse for them before it gets better.
Would YOU be up to it?
Here is the Don Adams Page, back again in its full glory!
Civil Case:
Johnny Morris criminal case:
Davis, Hopkins, Bottomer criminal case:
McNulty and Nardone criminal case:
You got that right!
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This is a REPUBLICAN judge ?
Yohn, William Hendricks Jr.
Born 1935 in Pottstown, PA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on June 14, 1991, to a seat vacated by John P. Fullam; Confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1991, and received commission on September 16, 1991. Assumed senior status on November 20, 2003.
Education:
National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno
Princeton University, B.A., 1957
Yale Law School, J.D., 1960
Professional Career:
U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, 1960-1965
Active duty, 1960-1961
Private practice, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1961-1981
Assistant district attorney, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1962-1965
Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1968-1980
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, 1981-1991
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Oh my gosh!
Beyond outrageous.
Someone should publish an address for folks to help out, if needed.
What say you, Jim?
Unbelievable. They start a fight with Don, and Don has to pay $15,000. Unbelievable. Just look at the friggen photos. Who started it? Who threw all the punches? Who put the hat on Don as a sign to start the fight? Unbelievable.
This is absolutely injustice. Can you contact a senator or representative? This is out of control.
What a crock.
UN FRIKKEN BELIEVABLE
I am on the line between tears and rage. I can’t write what I am thinking because I don’t like to use that kind of language.
I can't remember who it was for but 2 or 3 years ago a Freeper in Connecticut (I think) needed something like $7,000 to continue his court case. It was raised via FR in no time at all.
Completely amazing and disgusting.
Somebody’s gotta pay for this. Is there any way that contentious Rendell deposition can be posted on YouTube?
Dang straight it’s an outrage.
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Sounds like the helmet headed, union, low IQ thugs got to the judge too!
We could find out.
Beyond disgusting. No justice whatsoever. I can’t say more without using profanity.
You got that right... when I read the headline I thought it was some kind of sick joke.
I can’t believe this...
And that a Republican-appointed judge would be a party to this travesty... I want to puke.
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