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In reply to the discussion: NYC sues bus companies that transported migrants for $708 million [View all]brooklynite
(95,012 posts)68. What Statute is being violated?
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NYC sues bus companies that transported migrants for $708 million [View all]
In It to Win It
Jan 2024
OP
I wouldn't be surprised if the state of Texas actually steps in and litigates the case for them
In It to Win It
Jan 2024
#5
4) New company requires individual financial background check before selling ticket to NY
Bonx
Jan 2024
#6
Regardless, it is a good warning, my prediction is that it will stop Abbot from doing it.
Escurumbele
Jan 2024
#83
I think courts look at what is reasonably expected. When were they reasonably expected to know?
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#26
Adams can Sue Abbott in federal court and he can sue the bus companies. Two things can be true.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#27
They may not have known when they initially contracted, but it's common knowledge laws have been passed.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#20
I don't see any court in the country accepting an argument like that . . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2024
#22
No one is asking the bus co. to make a legal judgment call. NYC has passed the law they must abide by it.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#58
When a bus is chartered by the government of one state with a manifesto with no permanentaddresses of all people...
JT45242
Jan 2024
#75
Doesn't that also mean NYC is responsible for the costs of caring for those who they give one way tickets elsewhere?
MichMan
Jan 2024
#25
Don't think bus companies have much liability. Texas does, and they should be fined "bigly."
Silent Type
Jan 2024
#34
Sue the federal government for having allowed them into the US in the first place!
pinkstarburst
Jan 2024
#85
This can be a slipperly slope, there is a federal law that says the same thing
thatdemguy
Jan 2024
#51
If the purpose isn't to reclaim the money, why are they retroactively suing for $708 million?
MichMan
Jan 2024
#90
They also need to lose their all their interstate/intrastate licenses for trafficking human beings
kimbutgar
Jan 2024
#72
That's exactly what you do, and the bus driver should be arrested for trafficing.
Bluethroughu
Jan 2024
#76