Comments on: When Whale It End?

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:17:54 +0000

Why isn’t the military exempt from a bunch of this stuff?

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:37:34 +0000

“not legally frivolous” includes all KINDS of ridiculous things that 99% of the non-lawyers in this country could pick out in a heartbeat.

By: David Nieporent

David Nieporent — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:44:24 +0000

Melvin, first, they’re often different environmental groups filing the different suits, and second, what they do is sue over the way the Navy is conducting a particular naval exercise, so it’s technically not the “same issue” in each suit.

The suits are not legally frivolous; they’re permitted by existing law. That’s why I want to point the blame at Congress here, for allowing this type of situation to develop.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:29:30 +0000

Shouldn’t there be some point when a group(s) keep suing over the same issue, that the court can expedite the hearing, and declare the lawsuits either frivilous or, better yet, declare the group(s)/individual(s) doing this as vexatious litigants? No wonder the courts are overloaded–we see the same thing with Christmas displays and 10 Commandments displays on public property, amongst others. (Maybe there should be a cooling-off period: The same people/groups, if you lose twice, can’t sue again for a period of, say, 5 years.)