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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 03:52 PM Original message |
Apartheid Victims Set Hopes on U.S. Lawsuit |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I believe suits like this, and the Hollocaust reparations suits are GREAT |
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ZR2 (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do you really think these kind of suits will even bother them ? |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yup, folks looking to the U.S. for corporate justice? |
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ZR2 (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. They are not looking for "thier day in court" |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's not how the Hollocaust suits worked out. Those settled, victims |
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ZR2 (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. When you agree to settle out of court it just proves |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's is the most uniformed opinion I've seen on DU in days. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It also happens |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The truth sometimes hurst, but if there were any indication that these |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That only happens |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Looks like two other cases by Fagan are already pending and haven't |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There would have been major news |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You don't think SDNY Fed judges like to follow the law - that they make |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. No, what I'm saying |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. So? I guess we could check the record and see if there have been |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Can't bill it to the client |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Then go Sheoppardize it. If you have time to post on DU, you have time |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'm not your research assistant |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yes you are. By posting here, you are taking the responsibilty of being |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I think the Holocaust suits will make corps think twice abotu what they |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I am in agreement with you, AP, about these suits. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. The suit will be dismissed. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Where were you during the Holocaust reparations suits? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Let me rephrase |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Again, where were you during the Holocaust suits? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes, they were, |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Same fascism, different victims. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The legal difference |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think some of those mining companies might have been directly involved |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yes, I'm a lawyer |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. But you do work for corporations don't you? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Frankly, |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What's cheap about revealing conflicts of interest, bias and motivation? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oh, spare me the sanctimonious crap |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You weigh in mostly when the discussion is about corp profits being |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You just don't get it. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Lets see the pleadings. How would you even know that? I suspect the |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Check out this link: |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. As a lawyer, you should know that these would be questions of fact and |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Here's an article about the Alien Tort Claims Act |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Well, perhaps you are right, although if I remember correctly ... |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Because doing business with |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Is the complaint at hand simply based on vague business contacts? eom |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It's an enabler theory |
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