Xref: utzoo news.admin:3009 misc.legal:5224 soc.women:11946 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!mit-eddie!bbn!bbn.com!cosell From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women Subject: Re: Proposed lawsuit Message-ID: <27069@bbn.COM> Date: 17 Jul 88 15:37:47 GMT References: <12165@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 34 In article <12165@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu () writes: I know it is foolish to get caught up in this madness, but I think this is the first time this all has leaked into misc.legal, so this somewhat-ranting posting raises more questions than it does threats. I particular, you make constant repetitive reference to some "right" and to the EEO/AA laws. And you threaten to sue for damagea on the one hand, and to try to get the Feds to hassle folk on the AA front on the other. Let me take a shot at the obvious: In order to sue for damages, don't you have to sustain some? Can you _really_, to the satisfaction of a court, demonstrate some actual financial loss you have incurred based on this alleged discrimination? If not, then you may or may not have a suit, but I think that "damages" isn't what you'll be suing for. [and what is this "right" anyway? you're pretty vague about it in your posting] As for the AA laws, again I thought that they make very specific impositions on companies that come under their purview, and again, just stamping your feet is NOT enough to cause any real legal action: you can cause some hassle (but triggering investigations and such), but I think that there are obligations on a complainant that you don't even hint at having evidence for (in fact, given the rather broad sweep of your claims, it is pretty unlikely that you probably have any specific evidence against ANY of the to-be-defendants). Altogether, this sounds like it is not much of a matter for misc.legal. But then, probably everybody but me already knew that.... __ / ) Bernie Cosell /--< _ __ __ o _ BBN Sys & Tech, Cambridge, MA 02238 /___/_(<_/ (_/) )_(_(<_ cosell@bbn.com