Time: Mon Aug 04 18:49:51 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA05824; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:49:04 -0700 (MST) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA20334; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:45:59 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 18:45:08 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Inslaw case is over [sic] (fwd) And now, DOJ will be free to exploit this very sophisticated software (and all expensive modifications they have made to it since stealing it from Inslaw Inc.), to spy on the financial affairs of DOJ's favorite targets: opponents of the New World Order. My hypothesis about DOJ's property conversion racket just got a whole lot stronger, didn't it? Elizabeth Broderick and LeRoy Schweitzer, are you listening to this? The federal judge who made this ruling is a taxpayer, so the decision is null and void anyway, until her W-4 is rescinded. See Evans v. Gore for authority. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com >Judge rejects claims that Justice officials stole software >9.10 p.m. EDT (110 GMT) August 4, 1997 > >WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge has rejected claims that the Justice >Department stole a computer program from a local software contractor, >government officials announced Monday. > >The decision, made last week in federal claims court, ends a 10-year >legal battle over a program that helps prosecutors keep track of cases >and share information. The ruling was issued after a three-week trial. > >In her opinion, Judge Christine Miller said she found merit to theft >claims made by Inslaw Inc. But she added that Inslaw failed to show it >had any ownership rights to the software or that the Justice Department >acted improperly in its use of it. > >The case stems from a $10 million contract Inslaw received in 1982 to >develop case management systems for U.S. attorneys' offices. > >The Justice Department revoked the contract over a dispute, prompting >Inslaw to sue. The company accused department officials, including >then-Attorney General Edwin Meese III, of stealing the software. > >In 1985, Inslaw filed for bankruptcy. Two years later, a federal >bankruptcy judge ruled in favor of the company, saying the Justice >Department "took, converted, stole'' the software through "fraud, >trickery and deceit.'' > >The ruling and a $7 million award were overturned on appeal. > >Assistant Attorney General Frank Hunger, who oversees Justice's civil >division, said the decision lifts "the cloud that has hung over it for a >decade.'' > >Inslaw officials could not be reached for comment Monday night. > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: "Brian Mosely" <bmosely@hotmail.com> > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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