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Scholars Ask Appellate Court to Dissolve Order of Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
NEW YORK, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of 16 international law scholars have asked a federal appeals court in New York to overturn what they say is a U.S. trial court's "futile" and unlawful injunction that purports to prohibit foreign citizens from Ecuador from collecting an $18 billion judgment against Chevron in courts around the world.See the full content of this document
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Amazon Defense Coalition: U.S. 'Unlawful' and 'Futile'
The scholars described the injunction, issued by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, as a "futile act" that "is much more likely to antagonize the courts of other states" than be treated as persuasive authority, as Kaplan has claimed. They also ...
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