At 09:07 PM 12/10/01 -0500, Agent Faustine wrote:

In case you haven't read it, here's a partial synopsis of Heinrich von Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas", written in 1810....

In Michael Kohlhaas, Heinrich von Kleist tells the grim story of how a relatively small injustice escalates almost into civic insurrection. It is the story of the wealthy horse trader Michael Kohlhaas.

Sounds like copyright infringement on Keyzer Soze's story. Or various future characters..