Emails to the webmasters

[J N Winkler]

In any case, don't case numbers in federal court typically include the year and a division indicator?

[1995hoo]

In any case, don't case numbers in federal court typically include the year and a division indicator?

Most federal district courts tend to use a form substantially like 1:24-cv-00123-XYZ. The "1" denotes the court division where the case is pending (not all federal courts have divisions)—the District of Idaho, for example, technically has three divisions (Boise, Coeur d'Alene, and Pocatello), and a case number beginning with "2:" tells you it's in Coeur d'Alene. "24" denotes the year, "cv" denotes a civil case ("cr" would denote criminal), "00123" is simply the sequential case number (so this fictional case number is the 123d civil case filed in that division that year), and "XYZ" represents the assigned judge's initials. Oftentimes the case number will be truncated to the form 24-123 or 24-cv-123 if the other information isn't needed at a particular time.

[kphoger]

they don't tell you whose IP division

This was the biggest red flag for me.

[SectorZ]

Given the last sentence of their missive, I would have just responded with "¿Qué?"

[Scott5114]

Did .bet even exist as a top-level domain in 2012?

The idea that the only way to resolve a supposed copyright infringement is to provide a link, rather than removing the so-called infringement, is ludicrous.

You might reach out to that Boston legal group to let them know that someone is impersonating their lady.

[kphoger]

Did .bet even exist as a top-level domain in 2012?

I'm not sure that matters for this purpose, does it?  But the answer to your question is no:  the .bet TLD didn't launch until 2016.

[Scott5114]

Did .bet even exist as a top-level domain in 2012?

I'm not sure that matters for this purpose, does it?  But the answer to your question is no:  the .bet TLD didn't launch until 2016.

Well, my original thinking was that if the photo was taken in 2012, it would be pretty silly to claim it infringed a website that couldn't have been launched until 4 years later. I guess it could have been at some other address before then, but the scammer doesn't make any mention of that, so there's no reason to extend the benefit of the doubt.

For what it's worth, the photo that the Imgur link goes to is of the Eldorado in Reno, which is owned by Caesars Entertainment. Given that Caesars owns about half of Las Vegas, they are not hurting so badly for a link from AARoads that they would sue to get one. And I would imagine that if you were being served a legitimate legal notice from Caesars, you'd damn sure know it was them.

[Alex]

Been so busy and haven't been on the forum in several weeks, but wanted to extend thanks to everyone who responded and alleviated the concerns I had with that spam email last month. Your insight was greatly appreciated.

[Alex]

Received this email from a reporter in Champaign, IL regarding a local-interest Q&A column:

"It's obvious that highway planners originally envisioned that I-72 would join directly to I-74 where I-74 currently has an exit to E University Ave. What is the story there? How was it that University Ave remained a city street instead of being turned into an expressway?"

Now ... I'm not sure it's as obvious to me as it is to the reader who asked the question, but it's an interesting query. I'm wondering if any of your resources suggest that there was originally a plan (or even a suggestion) to build I-72 through the heart of Champaign and Urbana — essentially bisecting the twin cities — and connect it with I-74 on the east side of Urbana.

Would greatly appreciate any references, resources or breadcrumb trails you might be able to suggest.

AFAIK there were never any plans to extend Interstate 72 beyond I-57. There was a proposal in 1984 to formally establish I-72 Spur along the freeway extending east from I-57 to IL 10. It was disapproved by AASHTO, as was the subsequent request in 1985 to designate the connection as Business Spur I-72.

I looked at Froggie's Yellowbook scans to see if there was any early indications of Interstate plans, but Champaign-Urbana was not one of them.

If anyone has any additional insight, please post and I will relay it to the reporter (or connect you to her if you would like).

[74/171FAN]

AFAIK there were never any plans to extend Interstate 72 beyond I-57. There was a proposal in 1984 to formally establish I-72 Spur along the freeway extending east from I-57 to IL 10. It was disapproved by AASHTO, as was the subsequent request in 1985 to designate the connection as Business Spur I-72.

This surprises me maybe because Business Spur I-526 does end at SC 703 so why could Business Spur I-72 not end at IL 10 or US 150.

[Mapmikey]

AFAIK there were never any plans to extend Interstate 72 beyond I-57. There was a proposal in 1984 to formally establish I-72 Spur along the freeway extending east from I-57 to IL 10. It was disapproved by AASHTO, as was the subsequent request in 1985 to designate the connection as Business Spur I-72.

This surprises me maybe because Business Spur I-526 does end at SC 703 so why could Business Spur I-72 not end at IL 10 or US 150.

Illinois did not request I-72 Business Spur, only Spur...

There was a proposal to extend the spur south on Mattis to IL 10.  See pg. 64 of the 1960 study of traffic issues there - https://archive.org/details/majorstreethighw00unse/page/n63/mode/2up

There is a 1950 plan out there - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112049683045&seq=66
Pg. 66 shows a proposed highway network that did not include anything out to the west at all.  It shows a pre- I-74 routing around the north, which was under construction on the 1958 topo.  There would be no reason to ram a freeway straight through if you built I-74 where they did.

[froggie]

There was a proposal to extend the spur south on Mattis to IL 10.  See pg. 64 of the 1960 study of traffic issues there - https://archive.org/details/majorstreethighw00unse/page/n63/mode/2up

Interesting how they intended to reroute US 150 (and, to a lesser extent, US 45) around the core...