Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lawyers for the defendants in the case, however, said yesterday that the juror's statement will probably have little effect either on overturning the verdict on appeal or reopening the case, but may serve to bolster the public image of the doctors...
...group of banks led by Chase Manhattan. Pundits speculated that Texaco was gearing up to boost its bid for Conoco or pursue another oil company. Meanwhile Edgar Bronfman, Seagram's tenacious chairman, was mulling his own countermove. He called his board of directors into a special session. The verdict: up the ante. The new offer: $85 per share for 51% of Conoco stock...
...Connor did not hesitate to order the death penalty for Mark Koch, then 23, who had been found guilty of murder for agreeing to knife another man in return for a $3,300 fee. The contract killing stemmed from a dispute over drugs. (Koch has since appealed the verdict and been granted a new trial...
...composer of modern music. He declared that he had tried to talk his friend Voznesensky out of getting involved with something as vulgar as a rock opera. Shchedrin, who is chairman of the powerful Russian Composers Union, then explained he had listened to a tape of the music. His verdict: "I fell in love with it." Soviet cultural bureaucrats were not as enthusiastic. They excised musical numbers that they regarded as too religious before giving permission for last week's performance...
...encouraging aspect to his company's latest courtroom setback, Edward Goldstein, assistant finance officer for A T & T, pointed out: "We believe the award of $92 million is unjustified, but it is a far cry from the $570 million that Litton had sought. We will appeal the verdict." At Litton's Beverly Hills headquarters, General Counsel Robert Lentz was less circumspect. Said he: "Certainly we are not unhappy. The verdict vindicates our position that the Bell System violated the antitrust laws." Even so, Litton is not expected to return to the rapidly evolving telephone equipment business...