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re: Sprints definition on NAPs (question)

  • From: John Scoggin
  • Date: Mon Apr 29 20:33:47 1996
  • Mmdf-warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at blackhole.delmarva.com
  • Mmdf-warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at blackhole.delmarva.com

The other question that should be asked (and I hope some folks have looked at 
this) is whether this rule is in fact arbitrary.  If there is no sound 
ENGINEERING reason, it may constitute "restraint of trade" under Chapter 2 of 
the Sherman Act (if memory serves).  These types of problems can be quite 
nasty, involving treble punitive damages.

I have never been a lawyer (or played one on TV :-), but I can recall 
handling disbursement of suit awards while a programmer in a bank Trust 
Department...




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