> > 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.
>
Well, the rule depends. If it's a commercial dumpster on
private property you're tresspassing and stealing if it's in
the dumpster. At the curb it's on public property and avaiable.
>
> respectfully submitted,
> -doug q
>
>
Bill
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Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 10:39:17 BST