Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leaders of two consumer groups gathered near an Exxon station to call for a nationwide boycott of the company's products. On New York's Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin said the local government would cut its contractual ties with Exxon as a supplier. In California a lawsuit was filed that accused the oil company of boosting gasoline prices to help pay the cost of cleaning up the spill. Across the U.S. average gasoline prices since the spill have risen more than 8 cents per gal., to a three-year high of more than $1.04, at least partly...
...mere idea that the Navy is drafting marine mammals has created a furor. A group of 15 organizations concerned with animal welfare has filed a lawsuit against the Government, charging that moving the dolphins from their homes in warm southern waters to the chilly Puget Sound will endanger the animals. Moreover, one of their former trainers asserts that the Navy has abused the dolphins. Still other critics question the wisdom of entrusting the security of the nation's underwater nuclear arsenal to animals, however clever...
...think that the dolphins and other marine mammals have it easy. Thirteen fatalities in the past three years as well as reports of dolphins being kicked, slapped and struck by Navy trainers has prompted 15 environmental and animal rights groups to file a lawsuit protesting the abuse...
...Dukakis does not set up a meeting by May 1, the city will file a lawsuit against the commonwealth, according to an order passed last night...
Minority leaders' charges are simply untrue, and their lawsuit threatens to undermine a plan which has been proven across the country to enhance parental choice and educational opportunity. These leaders have also unnecesarily divided Boston city politics along racial lines, creating an environment ill-suited for lasting educational progress...