Supreme Court expected to issue Exxon Valdez verdict this month

[babylonsister]

Supreme Court expected to issue Exxon Valdez verdict this month

By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers



WASHINGTON — Any Monday between now and June 23, the Supreme Court could issue its decision on the Exxon Valdez lawsuit, a case that Alaskans have been awaiting for nearly two decades.

The court generally issues its decisions on Mondays, and the Exxon case is due out before the Supreme Court term ends June 23. The lawsuit, a dispute over $2.5 billion in punitive damages, is the final legal case remaining from the March 1989 spill of 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound.

The Supreme Court gives no hint of its decisions until they're released.

"They always leave their toughest ones until last, that's what everybody always says," said Anchorage attorney David Oesting, part of the legal team representing the fishermen, Alaska natives and others who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the oil giant.

The waiting has been difficult for many of the plaintiffs, said Andrew Wills, a former herring fisherman who now runs an inn and bookstore in Homer. After so many years, they're simply tired of the endless conjecture.

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[DainBramaged]

1. Who wants to bet EXXON wins and Alaska loses?

They decided on a strategy to appeal this until all of the claimants died, and they are close.

I have NOT bought Exxon gas since this occurred (swear to God) and stopped buying Mobil when they merged.

[jimshoes]

2. Exactly

I come to expect this kind of thing from thieves masquerading as our government.