Another Big Win for Big Business: Court Sets Aside Award in Philip Morris Case
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0220-07.htm
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Shielding the Powerful
The editors of the New York Times write: "The Supreme Court's decision yesterday, overturning a nearly $80 million punitive damage award against Philip Morris, is a win for corporate wrongdoers. It stretches the Constitution's guarantee of due process in a way that will make it easier for companies that act reprehensibly to sidestep serious punishments. It also provides unsettling new evidence that the court is more concerned about - and more willing to protect - the powerful than the powerless."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022207D.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Tobacco
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Shielding the Powerful
The editors of the New York Times write: "The Supreme Court's decision yesterday, overturning a nearly $80 million punitive damage award against Philip Morris, is a win for corporate wrongdoers. It stretches the Constitution's guarantee of due process in a way that will make it easier for companies that act reprehensibly to sidestep serious punishments. It also provides unsettling new evidence that the court is more concerned about - and more willing to protect - the powerful than the powerless."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022207D.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Tobacco
rudkla - 21. Feb, 10:01
