@DigitalFire that case involves a breach of a specific law by the NSA - it is not a common
law damages suit.
Not exact matches
But through this came out with no real
damage, his planned fight was set back a little and has a
law suit giving him a big fat cheque from uncle Conor.
They still want their brick installed in the walkway at the park at Greenview and Elmdale Avenues and are seeking a token $ 1 in
damages, said Patrick Korten, a spokesman for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a Washington, D.C., public - interest
law firm that filed the
suit.
The Empire Center: New York
laws encourage a proliferation of civil
suits seeking
damages for various kinds of alleged wrongful actions, known in legal terms as «torts.»
As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas
law designed to discourage capricious libel
suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused
damage before the
suit can go forward.
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The
suit says: «Defendant's conduct is causing and will continue to cause Plaintiff to suffer irreparable harm, and unless restrained, Plaintiff will continue to be
damaged because Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at
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