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From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UUCP Maps Used For Commerce
Keywords: standing, cause of action
Message-ID: <1989Sep20.124836.6906@twwells.com>
Date: 20 Sep 89 12:48:36 GMT
References: <2048@avsd.UUCP> <1989Sep15.160053.25109@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> <1989Sep16.190722.8517@twwells.com> <1989Sep17.180618.1434@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> <1989Sep18.073009.15189@twwells.com> <1989Sep18.123046.20135@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> <3121@ccnysci.UUCP>
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In article <3121@ccnysci.UUCP> dan@ccnysci.UUCP (Dan Schlitt) writes:
: All this neat legal theorizing is fine and dandy but there are some
: little details you have to take care of.

Details you can be sure I'm aware of. You might want to check before
assuming ignorance.

:                                           You will have to establish
: standing to bring the suit and a cause of action.

Well of course! What a concept! In a lawsuit, you have to be someone
who is allowed to bring the suit! And you also have to have something
real to sue them about!

Amazing.

:                                                    It is my suspicion
: that you would have difficulty with both in your proposed friendly
: little suits.

Now that I've got my ire out of the way, agreed. Not just any suit
would do. There would have to be the possibility of real damages, and
it is the damaged party (in most cases) that has to file the suit.

Nonetheless, my suggestion is a possibility.

However, I more expect that when the big crunch does come, it will be
some big company trying to sue the whole Usenet.

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