Re: shielding from liability

[Paul Serice <ugs@laci.net>]

> BTW, when's the last time you sat down and read some statues from
> your state? (Or all 50 as you claim?)

The last time I read the long-arm statute for my state was about 3
weeks ago.  Furthermore, anyone who knows anything about personal 
jurisdiction will tell you that all 50 states have long-arm statutes
which read, more or less, as follows:                               

         The state of <blank> does hereby grant its courts
         personal jusrisdiction to the extent permitted by
         the federal constitution.                        

The federal constitution bases personal jurisdiction on something
called "substantional contacts" under _International Shoe_ and
_Shaffer v. Heitner_.  The substantial contacts test does not have
any exceptions for anarchists.  Thus, it is very safe to say that
none of the 50 states have exceptions for anarchists.         

Please, lets take this off the list.                              


Paul Serice


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