Dead wrong. Court order item 1, setcion (a) mentions nothing about defamatory comments -- it's zero comments whatsoever lifetime gag oder it says, and I quote:
"...any comments, statements, questions, or communcationns of any kind whatsoever involving the Plantiffs..."
Clear as day.
| To: jimmenknee who wrote ( 28776) | 10/9/2012 10:54:46 PM | | From: zzzogly | Read Replies (1) of 28779 | | "Ultimately JBI got the order for the Defendants to cease communicating..."
Let me tell you why I think that order is vacant token. It orders that defendants or anyone acting on their behalf "are hereby restrained from discussing, disseminating, distributing, or communicating, in any manner whatsoever, defamatory comments with respect to or in any way related to the Plaintiffs".
First, it doesn't say that the defendants ever made any defamatory comments. Second, it's only saying that the defendants can't do something that civil law already says they can't do. It isn't adding any requirement that would constrain their behavior beyond what the law currently does, and that doesn't already apply to everyone else in the world in addition to the defendants. Hence to my understanding, it is nothing more than an empty gesture by the judge (possibly contrived by JB's lawyer so his client could claim some kind of victory to those who don't read the order carefully), since nothing is gained or lost by the defendants, or changed, as a result of the order.
I'm not a lawyer, nor do I have any legal education, and would be interested if someone with that background could give an educated opinion. | |
