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To: ManyMoose who wrote (325830)9/24/2009 9:20:03 AM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793782
 
ACORN filed a civil suit....so destruction of evidence would be spoilation...and usually entitles the other side to obtain judgment.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (325830)9/24/2009 10:19:13 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793782
 
As JLA notes, it's called spoliation. Not prosecuted in the civil context, but it can result in the presumption that the documents destroyed contained information unfavorable to the defendant.