Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? [Was: Re: N otes on repa...

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Tue May 30 08:33:00 2000

> In article
> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005292236130.22871-100000_at_smarty.smart.net>,
> R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net> writes
> >Is there any way you can retrieve it from the skip if it ends
> >up in there?
>
> Once it is in the skip, anyone taking it away, other than the waste
> disposal people, is stealing it. This has already been made clear to
> me.

Not sure what country you live in, but if you're in the US, then
regardless of whatever munincipal laws have been enacted, the U.S.
Supreme Court has ruled (on multiple occaisions) that refuse is
exactly that- stuff that people no longer want.

The most recent case that verified this was when suit was brought
against a police department who extracted evidence from someone's
trash. The police won that suit, and thus your trash does not receive
the constitutional protection that other property gets.

respectfully submitted,
-doug q
Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 08:33:00 BST