Re: "Cleaning Up the Burke"

[Patrick Norton <ptnorton@suscom-maine.net>]

> In the US  there is such a thing as the Statute of Limitations (I 
> understand you don't have  it in Canada). DV

There is no such thing as a US "Statute of Limitations" (the use of caps 
here bugs me as much as a reference to T. Rex might bug others on this 
list).  There are thousands of federal and state laws that place limits on 
the time frame in which each particular law can be enforced (aka "statutes 
of limitation"), and each depends on the court's determination of the 
factual circumstances that apply to each case. The Burke situation is 
enormously complicated legally, and the question is even more enormously 
complicated if someone tries to draw comparisons between enforcement actions 
against the Burke and other collectors.

PTN