Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!cbnap!cbneb!cbsck!cbscc!pmd From: pmd@cbscc.UUCP (Paul Dubuc) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Outrageous Lawsuits Message-ID: <5559@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 09:22:45 EDT Article-I.D.: cbscc.5559 Posted: Wed Jul 10 09:22:45 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 03:58:20 EDT References: <6258@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 10 I don't know how much there is to this rumor, but I was told that prisons (maybe only federal ones) are required to maintain a law library for the prisoners. With the help of this facility many of them have gotten quite good at filing "nuisance lawsuits" (acting as their own lawyers). Not that many of them think they will get away with much, but incurring this kind of expense and hassle is their way of getting back at the judicial system. -- Paul Dubuc cbscc!pmd