Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Defamation Cases Lingers for 18 Years:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_02-2009_08_08.shtml#1249578317
From the homeland of Franz Kafka, [1]evidence that modern litigation
dragging on forever is not just an American phenomenon:
[I]n the early days of the Velvet Revolution, in November 1989,
three students of architecture described their Communist professor
as an arrogant careerist and demagogue.... [I]n 1991 [the
professor] took the students to court for defamation of character,
and demanded an apology. They refused.
Eighteen years later, and the case is still languishing in the
Czech courts. On Tuesday the Constitutional Court in Brno heard its
third complaint in the case, and for the third time ruled in the
students� favour.... The lower court will now resume hearing the
case....
Thanks to Ted Schuerzinger for the pointer.
References
1. http://www.radio.cz/en/article/118973
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