I agree with Louis that damages paid to SWP by government were minimal. I recall the SWP rejecting a much more generous settlement offer early on (1976?, suit was initiated in 1973) in order to continue exposing government repression. I believe the government also paid over $400,000 to SWP attorneys for legal expenses. But total government payout is put somewhat in perspective by report (in NYTimes article) that the government had paid at least $1.7 million to their informants in/on the SWP.
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 3:10 PM Alan Ginsberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Judge Griesa's 1986 damages award to the SWP was $264,000. From the Court's > decision: > > The SWP is awarded damages in the amount of $42,500 relating to disruption > activities, $96,500 for the surreptitious entries, and $125,000 for the use > of informants, or a total of $264,000. > https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/642/1357/2398821/ > > NY Times article on decision is at > https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/26/nyregion/court-finds-fbi-harassed-socialist-group-unlawfully.html > > The government dropped its appeal of Griesa's ruling in 1988. > https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-17-mn-2024-story.html > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1794): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1794 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76977310/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
