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To: tallyhoe

Hubby says he thinks this is guy is a crank. The phrase “private attorney general” gives it away. He is doing this lawsuit as a public service and expects to get paid when he wins. If he wins, that is, which seems doubtful.


7 posted on 04/03/2009 12:17:29 AM PDT by reaganaut (ex-mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: reaganaut

Both statutes [RICO and Clayton Act] bring to bear the pressure of “private attorneys general” on a serious national problem for which public prosecutorial resources are deemed inadequate; the mechanism chosen to reach the objective in both the Clayton Act and RICO is the carrot of treble damages.


36 posted on 04/03/2009 9:32:40 AM PDT by Munz ("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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