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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 10:59 AM Oct 2012

High Court Won't Hear Case Against Halliburton

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has ruled out reviving lawsuits against Halliburton Corp. over insurgent ambushes that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq.

In its order Tuesday, the court said it will not review a federal appeals court ruling that threw out suits filed by truckers and their families claiming that Halliburton and its former KBR Inc. subsidiary knowingly sent military supply convoys into danger on roads in the Baghdad area.

The attacks killed seven KBR drivers and injured at least 10 others in April 2004.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_TRUCKERS_KILLED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-09-09-45-15

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High Court Won't Hear Case Against Halliburton (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP
No surprise lalalu Oct 2012 #1
The dancing supremes dancing for their masters yet again fasttense Oct 2012 #2
Rule of law, rule of four. OnyxCollie Oct 2012 #5
We're in for a bad time at the Supreme Court this session. SpankMe Oct 2012 #3
What conservative Justice do you believe Obama would replace? Bandit Oct 2012 #7
Of course not n/t adigal Oct 2012 #4
Probably outright afraid to. stubtoe Oct 2012 #6
IMO, the Supreme Court IS Halliburton. ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #8
...disgusting. SoapBox Oct 2012 #9
 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
2. The dancing supremes dancing for their masters yet again
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 11:04 AM
Oct 2012

The corporate elites own the supremes and they dance for them any time.

So much for the rule of law.

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
3. We're in for a bad time at the Supreme Court this session.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 11:11 AM
Oct 2012

There'll be a lot of alternate reality and conservative judicial activism by the court this term.

My hypothesis is that they're going to ramrod as much of the conservative agenda through as they can before Obama can appoint liberal justices in his second term and stop the runaway train of conservative gang rape to the legal framework of the country.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
7. What conservative Justice do you believe Obama would replace?
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:01 PM
Oct 2012

Unless one were to die or something, there is no way any would step down while a Democrat was President.. Ginsberg is the only likely candidate and she is already a Liberal..

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