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Don't get too disappointed or surprised. Suits to recover legal fees and expenses are very tough to win. Every successful defendant wants to file one, and that is understandable. But to actually do so is usually just throwing good money after bad.

In England, the general rule is that the loser of a lawsuit must pay the winner's legal expenses. There is a lot to be said for the "English Rule," as it is known. It would certainly prevent many (though not all) marginal to frivolous cases from going forward. However, there is opposition to the "English Rule" pretty much across the whole US political spectrum, and I don't see it becoming the law in the US any time soon.

The City of Newark has been hovering above bankruptcy for years. A disproportionate amount of property is owned by religious institutions and cannot be taxed and most businesses once associated with the city fled years ago (or simply went out of business), taking their tax dollars with them. The few homeowners in the city must therefore bear the brunt of sky-high property taxes, which is why even working and middle class blacks have been fleeing the city.

This is just another example of Sharpe James's desperation to raise money to distribute to his cronies.