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Thomas Manton: “I ask the gentleman from Louisiana, is it not a little unfair that the legislation that I am seeking to amend has the…”

On the recordMarch 8, 1995
I ask the gentleman from Louisiana, is it not a little unfair that the legislation that I am seeking to amend has the word ``shall'' when it refers to plaintiffs before they file suit, put up a bond, it makes no mention as does the old rule 11-E that everybody's familiar with that goes back to 1933, that has been in the act from the very beginning, it gave the judge discretion to impose a bond on either the plaintiff or the defendant. Yet in this legislation, it says plaintiffs ``shall'' before there is any indication that this might be a spurious lawsuit or might be one without merit. Does that not seem a little unfair, a little one-sided to the gentleman?
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Thomas Manton
Democratic · New York
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Discussing concerns about fairness in proposed legislation regarding plaintiffs and bond requirements.

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