[lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"

[ravi]

On 04/08/05 16:01, Marta Russell wrote:
>> Ravi wrote:
> 
>> true, which is especially why i forwarded the second link which breaks
>> down the money. but it seems that michael schiavo spent $350,000 and the
>> schindler's attorney received at least $300,000 from right-wing
>> organizations. which puts them pretty even. that seems to negate your
>> opinion that the schindlers were at a disadvantage during the lawsuits.
> 
> The Schindlers received the money *after* the trial was over, done
> kaput.  All they could do then was appeal to higher courts, not get a
> new trial to present their full case with experts and good lawyers.
>

but how much did michael schiavo spend at the time of the first trial
then? also, did he have the entire U.S congress passing laws overnight,
on his side (even if after the first trial)? how do we calculate the
value of something like that?

	--ravi