I should think the word "reasonable" would apply here. If the Coast Guard
is waking you up at 3am, doing an inspection of your boat and you are the
"only" boat that is getting treated this way; then I think you would have a
reasonable complaint.

Let's get more extreme; say you are Black, and you own a big White yacht.
At 3am, the Coast Guard comes knocking.

Yet, the big Black yacht next to yours which is owned by the White guy is
never bothered ................

Then, I would say that you have every right in the world to file a lawsuit.

My guess is that the Coast Guard is inspecting boats on a regular basis.
They know what reasonable means. They are not going around messing with
boaters for the fun of it.


Let's use another example: say you are in a bar watching the baseball game.
The guy next to you, who happens to be in the Coast Guard is a Red Sox fan
and you are a Yankee fan. You two get into it. The Coast Guard guy says
"I'll see you on the water some time". At 3am his buddies and he come
knocking. You prove in court that he said what he said. You bring in the
bartender who swears he said "I'll see you on the water some time"..

Law suit ,,, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



Reasonable ...



"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:41:01 -0400, Wayne.B
said:

when they do it in the middle of the night with "SWAT
team" tactics they should be made to justify it, and it can be done if
you know which strings to pull.

I'm all ears. Which strings? Seems they didn't teach us that in law
school.
But maybe you got admitted to the bar with your detailed knowledge of such
matters.