DEFAMATION -- LIBEL AND SLANDER [Florida Law - FReepers Heed]

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[Poohbah]

Wouldn't they have to go after every AOL chat room, every MSN chat room or forum, DU forum, Liberty Post, Liberty Forum, every message board that exists? They could not single out one board and try to censor all opinion on just one but not all the rest.

Nope. All they would need would be one test case to support their buddies--and a decision to target FR first.

[nickcarraway]

A penny-stock operator actually sued you? Wow, they usually move so quick, it seems unlikely that they would sue. Was it a fly-by-night operation?

[ambrose]

I'm 6'3", 230 pounds, healthy, and I hit back. Hard.

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[onyx]

Hey troll.

[Poohbah]

If you're relying on a 9th Circuit decision to CYA...

Better get some SERIOUS insurance to deal with the inevitable reversal.

[dogbyte12]

Lawyers defending lawyers. That is the problem in D.C. and FR.

Billy Shakespeare did have it right.

[independentmind]

Many penny stock operators also don't file regularly with the SEC.

[FITZ]

Some say that Schiavo and cohorts have been lurking here on the Terri threads.

I was looking thru some MSN forum just today ---- the same opinions and conclusions being stated here are there too. I don't have AOL, but I would imagine plenty of those people say the exact same thing. The pro-death side seems to be getting desperate --- they're afraid people might be catching on to what is really going on.

[Catspaw]

And I'll do as I please - You'll be in jail before you even contacted a lawyer concerning me.

Threats, too? How charming.

You do so amuse me with all that fulmination and bluster, pounding it out on your keyboard for some type of sexual release.

[jwalsh07]

You find those libelous statements yet Poo?

If not, try searching your own name, maybe a few will pop up there, eh?

[nickcarraway]

Did you end out shelling a lot in legal costs? That seems particularly ridiculous if you relied on SEC filings. I have never heard of such a case. Have you heard of Manuel Asensio?

[Poohbah]

A penny-stock operator actually sued you? Wow, they usually move so quick, it seems unlikely that they would sue. Was it a fly-by-night operation?

Nope. He was trying to present himself as anything BUT fly-by-night--so he had to go on offense.

The judge threw the case out at 0917. As near as I can tell, that guy's U-Haul was packed and making tracks for elsewhere before midnight.

[Senator Pardek]

Do you or do you not believe that the quotes in italics in post 1240 were typed by CP/OPH? Why are you afraid to answer?

[Poohbah]

Did you end out shelling a lot in legal costs? That seems particularly ridiculous if you relied on SEC filings.

Since we don't have loser-pays, I ate about a thousand.

[skeeter]

Billy Shakespeare did have it right.

Dick the Butcher should pay a visit to one particular harbor?

[Neets]

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[nickcarraway]

Many penny stock operators also don't file regularly with the SEC.

Exactly. My experience is that they are as likely to disappear as show up in court. Talk about unlucky.

[honeygrl]

"Listen to onyx, folks....don't take your eyes off of the tactic here. This is the most obvious example of liberal scare tactics I have ever seen here. Amazing."

Actually, if we had an ignore feature, onyx would be on my ignore list now.

[nickcarraway]

Actually, it's damn near impossible and if you read the case you will find that the rhetoric, hyperbole and even the name calling sometimes employed here at our august site is NOT actionable. At least according to the ninth circuit. LOL

[Catspaw]

Do you or do you not believe that the quotes in italics in post 1240 were typed by CP/OPH? Why are you afraid to answer?

I have no idea who typed them--why would you think I would? There's no link so I can't see who posted them. And I don't know what you're talking about, but for some reason you think you have the power to put me in jail.

Lay off the sauce, okay?