Word: plaintiffs
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...Hugh decides to take on the tobacco lobby, along with several other well-connected plaintiff attorneys. He has never tried a major case before, but manages to stick with the lucrative suit until a settlement is reached in 1997. However, the $365 billion deal failed to get the required congressional approval...
...This is precisely the relief Plaintiff seeks, and will thus resolve this dispute in its entirety," Harvard's attorneys wrote in a brief submitted to the Middlesex Superior Court...
...Passively, yes. But the imager, argues the plaintiff, certainly did "reveal private activities within" - use of heat lamps, which led police to get a search warrant to look for drugs in Kyllo's attic. If evidence of an abnormal heat source constitutes probable cause, so would images of Kyllo - gained through a "hypothetical sophisticated X-ray device or microphone" - lighting up a joint...
...Libya was immune from U.S. jurisdiction. Since then, however, the law has been changed to allow suits against certain states, including Libya. While they have been on hold pending the outcome of the Scottish criminal case, they are likely to get some impetus from the guilty ruling. According to plaintiff's lawyer Mark Zaid, $1 billion in Libyan assets are frozen in the U.S. and could be seized in case of a judgment; the plaintiffs are demanding far more than that...
Rosemary Covalt was a plaintiff in the lawsuit and recalls, "I didn't think much of Paige." Early on, though, she adds, Paige pulled her aside and said, "Ms. Covalt, you've been a thorn in my backside. We need to work together, because I can't sit down anymore." He put Covalt to work on a committee to inspect the district's crumbling school buildings--a job she tackled with gusto...