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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shah's wealth was funneled into the Pahlavi Foundation and several others, established ostensibly to fund charitable activities, like aid to the handicapped. The New York lawsuit asserts that the Iranian state budget "provided annually a subsidy of approximately $10 million" to the foundations. In addition, it says, "plaintiff [the Khomeini government] is unable to account for several billion dollars of revenues earned by the National Iranian Oil Co. between 1973 and 1978." In 1976 alone, it asserts, Nice's receipts as published by the company were $1 billion less than the NIOC earnings reported by the Central...
...Supreme Court ruling in 1963 that banned prayer from public schools. Opponents argued that public spending on the platforms constructed for the Pope's Masses, or even the use of public land, would violate the Constitution's separation of church and state. Complained Boston Plaintiff Bill Baird: "What do you think would happen if the Ayatullah Khomeini were coming to Boston Common to conduct a Muslim service? Do you think there would be a rush to provide $2 million in public funds for that...
Insurance executives, however, argue that punitive damages are nothing but a windfall for the plaintiff and his attorney. Big awards, they say, make it easier for people with dubious claims to bargain companies into paying large settlements, which in turn are paid for by others in the form of increased premiums. Says William Adams, associate general counsel of Occidental Life: "People with unquestionable claims, and that's about 95%, are not benefited by ShernofF's activities. He should not be pounding the table claiming he's helping the consumer. He's hurting most of them...
Herbert vs. Lando (1979). A libel plaintiff obliged to prove actual malice because he is a public figure has the right to inquire into a reporter's state of mind. Lando's CBS lawyers had argued that such questions could chill the free exchange of ideas in the newsroom...
Minority Rights. On the last day of the session, the court upheld massive school busing to desegregate schools in Columbus and Dayton, Ohio. The decisions, reached by 7-to-2 and 5-to-4 votes, reaffirmed a rule established by the court in 1973: if a plaintiff proves that a school board has intentionally segregated part of its system, then a federal judge can order sweeping desegregation for all of the system. In Dayton and Columbus, that meant busing for some 55,000 students. Coming on the heels of the Weber decision in June, which held that employers could give...