On Thu, 22 May 2003, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > There is a Statute of Limitations on nearly every kind
> > of legal action. If SCO chose not to act on this for
> > so long, don't they forfeit the right to bring legal
> > action now? And, since they've been in this market a
> > while, surely they knew.
>
>
> IANAL, but I believe statutes of limitations apply to criminal
> complaints, not civil cases, of which this is one.
nope -- statutes barring stale actions exist for almost
everything. And even absent express time bars, the
'equitable' doctrine of 'laches' -- sitting around doing
nothing when you knew there was a claim can induce a court to
toss out a claim not yet barred by a statute of limitation.
-- R
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