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From: crandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Outrageous Lawsuits
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:15:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 04:15:20 1985
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> 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" ... 
> incurring this kind of expense and hassle is
> their way of getting back at the judicial system.

Not to mention simply continuing their careers (i.e., ripping off the
public) while nominally incarcerated.
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    Jim Crandell, C. S. Dept., The University of Texas at Austin
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