Posted on 01/30/2005 10:56:12 AM PST by madfly
Hooray for the Good Guys!
Update on Center for Biological Frivolity Litigators getting theirs!!!! Ping your friends :)
Such good news!!
What a guy!
Arizona Cattle Grower's Association
The Arizona Cattle Growers' Association (ACGA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1904 to properly represent the ranchers of the state and to protect the cattle industry. It has grown to include more than 2,000 cow/calf producers, business associates, individual associates and friends of the industry from every county in Arizona.
ACGA offers member benefits such as group health insurance and workers' compensation insurance plans, discounts from local merchants and full-time representation in the legislative and executive branches of state and federal government. ACGA staff members monitor federal, state and county agency regulations and in recent years monitor court decisions that affect ranch families.
Due to the dozens of lawsuits filed in the past few years by activist organizations, ACGA has also established a litigation fund to defend ranching in both state and federal courts.
Please call (602) 267-1129 for ACGA membership information, or email Maria Cadena, mcadena@arizonabeef.org
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I wonder if the Forest Sevice was also included in this suit? If so their (the so called Center for Bio Diversity) legal expenses, at least in part will probably be paid for by you and me. This is the part that of the law that needs to be changed.
These environmental lawsuits are just part of a lawyer employment act.
The enviro lawyers should have each been given 90 days for contempt of court for filing this case. The time should be with out privledge that is no phone calls, no visitors, no mail and no computer access. If more lawyers were given time for filing false cases there would be a lot less of them filed. We can't assume that the "good ole boy network" of the Bar will police itself, after all they never have.
ping,,,, just in case you didn't get the AFIA or NCA email message.
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BTTT!!!!!!
Yes, they get reimbursed regardless of outcome. Rush was talking about this last week.
Thanks for the deep set smile. I'll keep it at least through the weekend.
BTTT for post 13
Even if they just got paid if they won, it needs to be counterbalanced with a disincentive to file harassing or frivolous lawsuits. Otherwise they would have nothing at risk by filing on marginal or clearly frivolous cases. They shouldn't only not get paid if they lose, there should be some civil or criminal penalty. If they don't like that they can just go back to doing it on their own nickel.
Also, I suspect some house cleaning would be in order at EPA itself. Probably a hand-in-fist relationship with the green weenies where the bureaucrats job is to put on the weakest possible defense and fall on their sword.
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