Re: The insolence of Office; Hoisting them on their own Petards

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:28:21 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Merlin) wrote:

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Thanks to Dan Evans for his insightful and helpful information and to Merlin
>>for pointing out the 11th Amendment. This gives me a good starting place. Now
>>if I just can summon the stamina and resources to take on the state, that would
>>be a major victory.
>>
>>If someone would entertain a followup? Are there some states where it's easier
>>to sue than others? Mention was made of Penn. which has a law that allows this.
>>Does any of this depend to any degree on what Federal Circuit the state is
>>in?
>>
>>
>
>       It was Larry who cited the eleventh amendment, but he's a public
>       servant getting used to others taking credit for his work, so yer
>       welcome, troublemaker.
>
>       As for suing, your starting place is a lawyer, seriously, but as for
>       location you'll find that you can sue with equal facility in all
>       fifty US States.... except maybe its easier in Colorado where 
>       they have one less lawyer clogging the courts than in other
>       places.... yet remember that your likelyhood of winning is 
>       somewhat improved relative to the likelyhood of getting 
>       yourself into a lot of trouble, in jurisdictions where you 
>       actually have a viable case. So keep that in mind when 
>       you talk to that lawyer. Good luck!

Remember also that suing someone for the purpose of causing them
"trouble" is the classic abuse of process.

- Jon Beaver