In article .net, Mike
Rapoport wrote:
True, but that is not going to change anytime soon. I was interested to
read that most of the profit from the Comstock silver strike in the 1860's
was consumed in litigation over who owned the claims. Americans willingness
to use the courts to secure "fair" settlements goes back a long way.

It sounds like the winner of that won the battle, but lost the war.
Just goes on to demonstrate the only real winners tend to be attorneys.

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