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chaogomu t1_j9m0k4m wrote

Reply to comment by vlsdo in Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody by sue_me_please

And because there's no precedent saying it's bad, there can never be a precedent. Because the case is dismissed for not having precedent which in turn doesn't generate new precedent.

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vlsdo t1_j9m2pvk wrote

Yep. Although my understanding is that sometimes precedents do get set, because it's basically left at the judges' discretion whether to throw out the case or not. So it's not an automatic loss, just a likely one. I.e. it's worth trying to sue if you have the resources for it, not necessarily for yourself but for everyone else that comes after you.

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