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Title: Temporary injunction bars man from lighting up inside his Washington home after neighbors sue
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FoxNews
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/1 ... ide-his-washington-home-after/
Published: Mar 10, 2015
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2015-03-10 17:42:54 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 12764
Comments: 68
A temporary order by a Superior Court judge is keeping a man from smoking inside his home in the District of Columbia. WJLA-TV (http://bit.ly/1BrlPLl ) reports that Edwin Gray's next door neighbors in northeast Washington have filed a civil suit claiming they're being harmed by smoke that sneaks into their home through a hole in the basement. They are seeking an injunction and $500,000 in damages. A judge issued a temporary injunction last week saying neither Gray nor any family or guests may smoke in the home the family has owned for 50 years. Gray's sister, Mozella Johnson, says they will fight. In court filings and a statement, the neighbors say they tried to work with Johnson and Gray, and filed suit when mediation attempts failed.
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Bunch of garbage. A free citizen should be able to do ANY LEGAL activity inside their home.
Apparently his home shares a wall with their home and smoke is leaking through.
Then the complaining whiny tool bag neighbor can plug HIS SIDE OF THE HOLE... no activity should be regulated, that is legal, inside a home. I would hope you would agree that regulating legal activity inside a home is at the very least a dangerous slippery slope. I don't really give a shit if the neighbors don't like cigerett smoke. They can sell their house and move.
I have this feeling that if it were that easy he would have already done it. But you seem to be saying that if your dog shitting in my yard bothers me, I should clean it up. I'm not sure I agree with that. "I would hope you would agree that regulating legal activity inside a home is at the very least a dangerous slippery slope." I do agree. But in this case, the neighbors are only trying to regulate the smoke that is entering their home. "I don't really give a shit if the neighbors don't like cigerett smoke. They can sell their house and move." Yeah, well, they have rights, too.
Negative. Apples to apples please. I'd expect you to shoot my dog if I let him shit in your yard. But if the smell of my dogs shit, IN MY YARD, bothers you, I could care less. Move.
#18. To: GrandIsland (#11)
That's a good one.
Lol, you noticed how white is dishonest did you?
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#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
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Apparently his home shares a wall with their home and smoke is leaking through.
#9. To: GrandIsland (#3)
"Then the complaining whiny tool bag neighbor can plug HIS SIDE OF THE HOLE..."
#11. To: misterwhite (#9)
(Edited)
saying that if your dog shitting in my yard
Replies to Comment # 11. Negative. Apples to apples please. I'd expect you to shoot my dog if I let him shit in your yard. But if the smell of my dogs shit, IN MY YARD, bothers you, I could care less. Move.
#19. To: GrandIsland, misterwhite (#11)
Negative. Apples to apples please. I'd expect you to shoot my dog if I let him shit in your yard. But if the smell of my dogs shit, IN MY YARD, bothers you, I could care less. Move.
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