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Plame Case Tossed

Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 12:38:59 pm PDT

In the latest episode of one of our longest-running trumped up political scandals, the lawsuit by Valerie Plame has been tossed out.

This is going to drive the Nutroots insane. (It’s a short drive.)

WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.

Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

Plame’s attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.

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1 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 12:40:55 pm reply quote

About frigging time....

2 Omega  7/19/07 12:41:13 pm reply quote

Awww, thats really too bad.....

LOL!

3 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:41:21 pm reply quote

Whatev-irst.

4 NY Nana  7/19/07 12:41:24 pm reply quote

MR. PRESIDENT: PARDON SCOOTER!

5 ElderZionist  7/19/07 12:42:07 pm reply quote
This is going to drive the Nutroots insane. (It’s a short drive.)

That's walking, maybe crawling, distance.

6 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 12:42:44 pm reply quote

No no no...don't look for the real criminal...**cough cough Armitage cough cough**

But go after those evil bushhitlerneoconmasterminds...

7 lawhawk  7/19/07 12:42:51 pm reply quote

No Fitzmas for you! Still, I'm just a wee bit disappointed that the suit couldn't proceed so that the defense team could get to cross Wilson and Plame directly. Instead, we'll get treated to lots of footage of Wilson saying how he knows that the Administration lied, covered up, and otherwise sought to destroy his family, when the truth is quite different.

Armitage leaked the name. Not Cheney, Rove, or even Libby. Libby's conviction was because he couldn't keep his facts straight (and neither could Russert or some of the other witnesses).

8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/19/07 12:43:05 pm reply quote

Suck it, Wilson! BWAHAHA

9 LouisianaLightning  7/19/07 12:43:22 pm reply quote

This is going to drive the Nutroots insane. (It’s a short drive.)

Actually it's not a drive, just a short putt

/Golfing reference

10 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:43:37 pm reply quote

Pardon Ramos and Compean !

11 Salem  7/19/07 12:43:40 pm reply quote

Hehe. Sweet! Thanks for that...

12 jamgarr  7/19/07 12:44:09 pm reply quote

Joe Wilson is one of very few people who make me want to punch the TV when I see him - my lovely Senator, Mr. Durbin being another.

13 kpom  7/19/07 12:44:19 pm reply quote

But, but, an evil Republican judge made the decision!

When is Armitage going to be indicted, BTW?

Democratic Underground will be a lot of fun today...

14 eastvillageinfidel  7/19/07 12:44:36 pm reply quote

Crazy was two exits back .

15 Jack Reacher  7/19/07 12:45:22 pm reply quote

The Plame/Wilson web of lies continues to unravel, while LLLs repeat the same talking points, thinking that repetition makes them true.

BTW, on that Vanity Fair cover photo of the covert CIA agent Plame, was Plame wearing a Euro Scarf ™ ? Inquiring minds want to know.

16 NY Nana  7/19/07 12:45:50 pm reply quote

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17 Kostya Lotz  7/19/07 12:46:02 pm reply quote

Looks like the commutation wasn't such a bad idea after all?
In 6 Months, Libby will be exonerated completely, and there will be much frothing at the mouth and gnashing of teeth. Oh Joy!

"Just look, you mentioned the word "Power" and it just leaped up!, That's Shoes for Industry for ya.."

18 Salem  7/19/07 12:46:13 pm reply quote

So the Dems have been ragging on Scooter's jail-pass non-stop. Were they not expecting this? The spin is only being furiously woven right now? I think we're dealing with some unusually simple-minded people, here.

19 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:46:35 pm reply quote

Quick! Somebody get out the straight jacket for Chris Matthews ...

20 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:46:59 pm reply quote

So, 5,4,3,2,1, subject change.

21 Silhouette  7/19/07 12:47:27 pm reply quote

This only proves that there is a conspiracy!

They're silencing us all. Camps are next!

/

22 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:47:33 pm reply quote

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23 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:47:43 pm reply quote

Ya, "It all started with the chads".

24 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:48:09 pm reply quote

Recount

25 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:48:27 pm reply quote

Dems are never wrong.

26 Tricky Dick  7/19/07 12:48:54 pm reply quote

The Koslings will soon resemble whirling dervishes.

27 kpom  7/19/07 12:49:21 pm reply quote

I question the timing.

/snark

28 OldLineTexan  7/19/07 12:49:28 pm reply quote

Joe got his yellowcake, and now he can go ahead and eat it, too.

So the case is tossed on jurisdictional grounds instead of the ass-chewing Plame and Wilson deserved for their BDS. I'll take a technicality at this point in the farce. As the #1 bureaucrat on "Futurama" said:

Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct - the best kind of correct.

OldLineTexan

29 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:49:34 pm reply quote

Ya, but the frogs are dying of the heat, and the ice is melting.

30 david e  7/19/07 12:49:47 pm reply quote

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31 Rogue198  7/19/07 12:49:49 pm reply quote

The real question is, will Ubermoron finally blow a blood vessel?

32 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 12:50:18 pm reply quote

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33 dadofseven  7/19/07 12:50:21 pm reply quote

So the judiciary is finally growing a pair. About friggin' time.

34 Ringo the Gringo  7/19/07 12:50:24 pm reply quote
This is going to drie the Nutroots insane

Yes, it is.

Of course they already were insane to begin with.

Here too.

35 TimeQuake  7/19/07 12:50:31 pm reply quote

A little bit of good news.

36 wvobiwan  7/19/07 12:50:59 pm reply quote

re: #14 eastvillageinfidel

Crazy was two exits back .

Excellent! Correct, "Crazy" was just past the on ramp for the Ignoramus Bypass.

37 david e  7/19/07 12:51:01 pm reply quote

So Charles, are you going to dumpster dive the "progressives" for us?

38 Killgore Trout  7/19/07 12:51:02 pm reply quote

Breaking: Valerie Plame's Civil Suit Dismissed

Komments...

Now I'm no lawyer, but that "reasoning" sounds like frank bullshit to me. If I’m hit by a truck, it’s an accident. If a truck deliberately runs over me, and the government encourages the driver to back up and squish me again, well, that’s another matter entirely.


Fools.

39 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 12:51:25 pm reply quote

Wow, I had first....


/ Sweet...now to piss off some lurking moonbats...

40 kpom  7/19/07 12:51:26 pm reply quote

re: #21 Silhouette

This only proves that there is a conspiracy!

They're silencing us all. Camps are next!

/

You laugh. From Democratic Underground's "FrustratedLady":

"WHAT is going on? This is insane. Our justice system is dead, plain and simple. Added: Our justice system is dead, until THE ADMINISTRATION tries to put us in prison.

Anybody ever learn the actual location of the KBR prisons, or even if they were built? Too many things are falling into place to be a coincidence. We have 17 more months?"

41 ElderZionist  7/19/07 12:51:30 pm reply quote

re: #23 taxfreekiller

Ya, "It all started with the chads".

Blessed be the chads, may they hang in there forever.

42 zmdavid  7/19/07 12:52:05 pm reply quote

If the suit went forward, the damages would have to be a negative amount. Wilson and Plame are wealthier and much more famous than they were, so they made money on the deal.

43 Silhouette  7/19/07 12:52:14 pm reply quote
Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs.

Yeah right. It was because they were officials.

Not because there was no crime, the non-crime was done by someone other than those accused, etc.

(eye roll)

44 jamgarr  7/19/07 12:52:29 pm reply quote

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45 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:52:31 pm reply quote

Give Valerie Plame a lie-detector test !

Waterboard Joe Wilson !

Use Patrick Fitzgerald for a Christmas tree angel !

/(I'm kidding! I'm kidding ...)

46 MrMom  7/19/07 12:53:29 pm reply quote

If you believe it, it's not a lie.

/George Costanza

47 Killgore Trout  7/19/07 12:53:38 pm reply quote

More komments.....

Torches. Pitchforks. (13+ / 0-)

Just sayin', is all.

response....

every time that gets mentioned (7+ / 0-)

it seems less and less extreme...more and more appropriate.

i think its almost come to that. and i just taped up the handle of my pitchfork...so no more splinters!

Revolution!

48 Daisy  7/19/07 12:53:50 pm reply quote

Is this the same Valerie Plame that regularly outted herself as a minor CIA employee at dinner parties, the gym, the grocery store etc. etc. etc. ? Thought so. Good riddance to her and her equally awful mate.

Her social equivalent, Paris Hilton, is much more amusing and tons more honest.

49 dadofseven  7/19/07 12:53:53 pm reply quote

Silhouette, you expect moonbats to actually use logic in their arguments?

50 david e  7/19/07 12:54:11 pm reply quote

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51 Salem  7/19/07 12:54:36 pm reply quote

Isn't there still going to be an investigation of the Plames? And does Libby get his $$ back, or has that already been spent?

52 dadofseven  7/19/07 12:55:04 pm reply quote

Logic is to moonbats as garlic is to vampires.

53 bulwrk  7/19/07 12:55:10 pm reply quote

Dropping Plames suit is somehow arousing to me.

54 RTLM  7/19/07 12:55:13 pm reply quote

"Its a Neocon Conspiracy - a cover up! The judge was paid off! And its NOT FAIR"

heh

55 Iron Fist  7/19/07 12:55:25 pm reply quote

I blame Canada.

56 MrMom  7/19/07 12:55:48 pm reply quote

RON PAUL!

57 RTLM  7/19/07 12:56:07 pm reply quote

I think Plame is sort of hot though...

58 david e  7/19/07 12:56:37 pm reply quote

This is just another sign of global warming.

59 RedPepper  7/19/07 12:57:01 pm reply quote

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60 taxfreekiller  7/19/07 12:57:07 pm reply quote

#44

Eat my wheat, it's a little old and stale been 90 days in the field to long,
but, bless that Texas A & M 101 sturdy short stem it stood up like wheat should.

Call it stand up storage and it's free as the price went up with it just standing there waiting on the ground to dry.

Hope the kos kids love the new price of Wheaties .!

61 wvobiwan  7/19/07 12:57:20 pm reply quote

re: #57 RTLM

I think Plame is sort of hot though...

I've always been curious about what her so-called clandestine job history was about...honey trap?

62 Silhouette  7/19/07 12:57:26 pm reply quote

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63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/19/07 12:57:36 pm reply quote

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64 Silhouette  7/19/07 12:57:59 pm reply quote

re: #49 dadofseven

Silhouette, you expect moonbats to actually use logic in their arguments?

I was quoting the AP article.

But, I am repeating you.

65 spikester  7/19/07 12:58:05 pm reply quote

She's now a legal martyr.

66 Killgore Trout  7/19/07 12:58:07 pm reply quote

Huffpo comments....
Judge Dismisses Plame Civil Suit Against Cheney, Rove, And Libby

I HOPE THE CIA GETS REVENGE.

PAYBACK'S A BITCH.


.....

You would think someone in the CIA would stand up, and take the law into too their own hands. Alledgedly the CIA are not to me messed with, but in this case, they wet their panties and slither into their closet weeping for some tittie, from their mother. PATHETIC, where are the PATRIOTS of America ?

...etc

67 david e  7/19/07 12:58:39 pm reply quote

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68 Dasher  7/19/07 12:58:57 pm reply quote

re: #13 kpom

When is Armitage going to be indicted, BTW?

There is/was no need to indict Armitage or anyone else.. no crime was committed. Valerie Plame was just a slug sitting behind a desk.

69 OldLineTexan  7/19/07 12:59:10 pm reply quote

re: #63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

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70 wvobiwan  7/19/07 12:59:33 pm reply quote

re: #66 Killgore Trout

Huffpo comments....

71 mean Gene  7/19/07 12:59:34 pm reply quote

Good.
Now it makes Hillary look worse than she already did to have Joe W. Plame on her team.
Hee hee.

72 Gmac  7/19/07 1:00:45 pm reply quote

re: #14 eastvillageinfidel

Crazy was two exits back .

Heh, 'short drive' was two exits back if you count it by presidential elections which is what really started the BDS syndrome.
I really hope the door leaves a bruise on her when the court house door slams shut.

73 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:00:53 pm reply quote

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74 OldLineTexan  7/19/07 1:01:01 pm reply quote

re: #71 mean Gene

Good.
Now it makes Hillary look worse than she already did to have Joe W. Plame on her team.
Hee hee.

Hillary will just have them play the badger game on Obama.

OldLineTexan

75 alegrias  7/19/07 1:01:49 pm reply quote

Richard Armitage and his boss Colin Powell are "unofficial" advisors to the McCain campaign, now also going down in Pflames.

All these folks undermined our War on Terror, undermined Vice President Cheney and President Bush's ability to focus on their jobs instead of worrying about their employee Scooter Libby being burnt at the liberal stake for over three years.

Vanity Pflame can't rot in Hades enough for this act of war against her country.

76 Darwin Akbar  7/19/07 1:01:53 pm reply quote

While it is fun to watch the nutroots seething, this gives the MSM yet another chance to have publicity-hound Joe Wilson on CNN and MSNBC and the weekend shows playing the victim for the ten-thousandth time....

When will his 15 minutes of fame be up?

...and speaking of that court case, Plame and her attorneys should be grateful that the court didn't sanction her for filing a bogus lawsuit.

77 jamgarr  7/19/07 1:01:58 pm reply quote

Val and Joe - what a lovely pair
Photoed artistically in Vanity Fair
Public servants so dedicated
With qualities so rare
But at feigning indignity
I'd rate them just "fair"

78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  7/19/07 1:02:01 pm reply quote

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79 RedPepper  7/19/07 1:02:09 pm reply quote

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80 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:03:39 pm reply quote

Psssst....guys got the word...they're gonna start the pick-ups tonite..02:00 e.s.t...the "rest areas" are now open....


/making moonbats feel at home....

81 zulubaby  7/19/07 1:03:57 pm reply quote

Whereohwhere is HULUGU?

82 MrMom  7/19/07 1:04:19 pm reply quote

re: #61 wvobiwan

re: #57 RTLM


I think Plame is sort of hot though...

I've always been curious about what her so-called clandestine job history was about...honey trap?

Sharon Stone in 'Total Recall'

83 Salem  7/19/07 1:04:39 pm reply quote

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84 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:05:06 pm reply quote

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85 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:05:44 pm reply quote

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86 Killgore Trout  7/19/07 1:05:46 pm reply quote

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87 david e  7/19/07 1:06:14 pm reply quote

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88 bulwrk  7/19/07 1:06:24 pm reply quote

If my dog rams it's head into the wall once he knows not to do it again.

I guess my dog is smarter then the Democrats.

89 Buck  7/19/07 1:07:00 pm reply quote

Any other lizards out there holding Microsoft (MSFT)?

I am, and with earnings out tonight and todays run, I think someone knows something...

90 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:07:30 pm reply quote

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91 paint-right  7/19/07 1:08:32 pm reply quote

# 80 and #83 LOL

92 RedPepper  7/19/07 1:08:38 pm reply quote

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93 dadofseven  7/19/07 1:08:48 pm reply quote

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94 wvobiwan  7/19/07 1:09:11 pm reply quote

re: #86 Killgore Trout

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95 easy  7/19/07 1:09:37 pm reply quote

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96 Salem  7/19/07 1:09:43 pm reply quote

Yeah, I think most in the CIA know the score, here. They won't be throwing any parties for the Plames.

97 david e  7/19/07 1:10:21 pm reply quote

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98 sadatoni  7/19/07 1:10:30 pm reply quote

Common sense prevails.... refreshing.

99 RTLM  7/19/07 1:12:10 pm reply quote

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100 zuckerlilly  7/19/07 1:12:48 pm reply quote

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The first search result would yield an anti-semetic site is all too
common in a growing era of increased Anti Semetism... In order for
google to remove this They would need a petition of over 50,000
requests....

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

click here to sign petetition

101 goodbye_natalie  7/19/07 1:13:04 pm reply quote

Another in a long list of Mama Ass Sheehan wannbees. Joe Wilson's narcissistic routine will have finally run its course after we have to listen to him whine a few days on the lib stations.

102 RedPepper  7/19/07 1:14:17 pm reply quote

sadatoni #98: "Common sense prevails.... refreshing alarming ! ...

103 Ward Cleaver  7/19/07 1:15:55 pm reply quote
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

So they could find another court and try again. I wonder if they will, though.

104 FriarsTale  7/19/07 1:17:45 pm reply quote

OT
Michael Moore the Sick-Hole
[Link: cruxy.com...]

the Plames get a cameo in this slideshow about Nutroots
[Link: cruxy.com...]

105 tfc3rid  7/19/07 1:17:58 pm reply quote

Sorry for this everybody it's tremendously off-topic but... Ed will enjoy this,...

I was in a meeting with a conference room with windows and I believe I saw snow falling in NYC for about 5 minutes before a major T-storm passed by...

106 Richard Romano  7/19/07 1:18:24 pm reply quote

Haha, I love it :) What a joke this "scandal" was -- and I hope the Kos kidz go bananas, er, crazy ;)

107 NY Nana  7/19/07 1:18:28 pm reply quote

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108 RTLM  7/19/07 1:18:36 pm reply quote

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109 Silhouette  7/19/07 1:19:02 pm reply quote

Update on the Oak Ridge nuclear secrets case:

He just pled not guilty. If convicted, he faces what I consider a small punishment of 10 years or fines to $250,000.

110 Salem  7/19/07 1:19:04 pm reply quote

Sorry for my moaning on the last thread. Maybe there's not actually much more to be said about this case at this point. The fun will be in watching the melt-down on the left in the next three weeks. And the looks on the Plame's faces when they realize their little show has been cancelled and the hungry worm has turned and taken notice of their foolish commotion.

111 Endangered in MASS  7/19/07 1:19:12 pm reply quote

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112 Capt_Faust  7/19/07 1:19:56 pm reply quote

re: #94 wvobiwan

re: #86 Killgore Trout

My drummer is at NSA, a staunch and sensible conservative.

So that means you also live in the Metropolitan area...shhhhhhh the "rest stops are now open" and our glorious leader all hail...I mean Bush said that "the moon barks at the dog"

/ Moonbat filter off...

113 Hard Right  7/19/07 1:21:25 pm reply quote

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Suck it!

114 Eowyn2  7/19/07 1:21:55 pm reply quote

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115 NY Nana  7/19/07 1:22:01 pm reply quote

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116 HDrepub  7/19/07 1:22:38 pm reply quote

Follow the money trail. This whole affair had two ideas.

1: Get someone in the Bush Administration, preferably Karl Rove, and possibly a perjury trap for Cheney and impeachment for Bush, but they had to settle for Scooter Libby, and whether he stays permanently in the gotcha column remains to be seen with appeals coming forthwith.

2: Money for Val and Joe. Not nearly what they wanted but their bank accounts have been bolstered nonetheless. Never mind Libby's life has been put on hold and he's 250,000 dollars poorer because of these two who have been encouraged in their quest by powers behind the curtains.

117 MandyManners  7/19/07 1:23:07 pm reply quote

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118 david e  7/19/07 1:23:51 pm reply quote

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119 Boondock St. Bender  7/19/07 1:24:24 pm reply quote

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120 Steffan  7/19/07 1:24:29 pm reply quote

re: #51 Salem

Isn't there still going to be an investigation of the Plames? And does Libby get his $$ back, or has that already been spent?

Naah. Dingy Harry used it to buy pizza for the campout night in the Senate. You remember that, the one that he called for but didn't stay for?

121 kalel666  7/19/07 1:24:30 pm reply quote

No Frog March for you!

Come back, Never!

122 Dr. Shalit  7/19/07 1:24:39 pm reply quote

Hopefully, this case will be taught in Law Schools as a prime example of the reason for what I recall as being R. 12(b)(6) FRCP - Failure to state a cause of action upon which relief may be granted - with Valerie's picture next to it.

-S-

123 Eowyn2  7/19/07 1:25:18 pm reply quote

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124 Mike C.  7/19/07 1:25:46 pm reply quote

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125 Eowyn2  7/19/07 1:26:24 pm reply quote

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