Morning Docket: 12.14.06
* The feds and the ACLU wrangle over a classified document. Is such use of the grand jury subpoena creative, or improper? [New York Times]
* A Swift (& Co.) crackdown: federal raids on meatpacking plants in six states result in over 1,200 arrests on immigration charges. [Associated Press]
* MoveOn and those Swift Boat Veterans get fined. [New York Times]
* "Seventh Circuit reinstates claim asserting that ... members of the plaintiff classes have bought products or services from some of the defendants that they would not have bought had the defendants not concealed their involvement in slavery." [How Appealing]
* Girls Gone Wild guy gets community service for filming underage women. [MSNBC]
* "College Student Gets Mother-in-Law to Co-Sign $10,000 Loan to Buy Apple Computer, Has $7,800 DOI Income When He Repays Only $2,200 After Taking High-Paying Job at Microsoft." [TaxProf Blog]
* A British police inquiry rejects conspiracy theories concerning the death of Princess Diana, concluding that the 1997 car crash was a "tragic accident." [Associated Press]
* Does anyone know if "ABV D LAW" is taken? [WSJ Law Blog]
(1) Comments
obviously its not exactly what the plaintiff was hoping for, but am i the only that picked his jaw up off the floor upon hearing posner wrote an opinion that, at least on some level, laid the groundwork for reparations of some kind?