But Thailand's legal system is based on civil law, so the case may not be treated as a precedent by other bankruptcy judges.

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In 1995, he represented Acorn in a key case upholding the new Motor Voter Act -- the very law whose mandated postcard registration system Acorn workers use to flood election offices with bogus registrations.

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