Word: plaintiffs
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...Court decisions with a ruling that not only authorized school prayer in Alabama schools but also stated that the First Amendment did not apply to the states in such cases. Although an appeals court reversed Hand's decision, he provided grounds for restructuring the issue so that the original plaintiff, Lawyer Ishmael Jaffree, was replaced by the 624 Evangelicals and the central argument became not prayer but secular humanism...
...known as Santa Fe Communications to spread the Catholic word worldwide. Harry, says Erica, had gone "Hollywood" in 1983-84, tooling around Los Angeles in a Lincoln Continental and indulging in $500 dinners. He also moved to Las Vegas and divorced Erica, claiming "irreconcilable differences." Erica and her co-plaintiff, former Marquette University Professor Donald Gallagher, claim that Harry reduced De Rance's net worth from $188 million in 1983 to about $35 million. The De Rance board voted in August 1984 to limit Harry John's control over the foundation's assets...
...Symbolic nominal damages must be awarded wherea defamation plaintiff...has demonstrated that thedefendant has breached a duty owed to plaintiff,"Grutman wrote in the brief. "This award is givenin vindication of plaintiff's rights and does notdepend upon proof that plaintiff suffered anyactual or quantifiable amount of damages toreputation...
...civil RICO cases are actually brought to trial. Says Boston Attorney David Gibbs: "Most lawyers use it as leverage to intimidate the other party into settling out of court. It's a three-barreled shotgun." RICO allows a successful plaintiff to claim triple damages, plus attorneys' fees. And it can mean unsavory publicity. What corporate executive wants to find himself accused of "racketeering"? Explains one lawyer: "They don't like this mix- up over whether they are wearing a white shirt and black tie or a black shirt and white...
...meeting ground. Representatives of the two groups have got together, the last time two months ago, but nothing much was accomplished. According to James Todd, the A.M.A.'s senior deputy executive vice president, the lawyers "would sit and listen and then promptly give us a lecture on plaintiff rights and judicial history. The greatest frustration is that no one who can do something about it is looking at all the facets." The bitterness between the two professions by now is deeply felt, and lawyers in particular may feel they have little need to bend since they benefit from the status...