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Carter Attorney General Griffin B. Bell dies at 90
ATLANTA - Griffin B. Bell, the shrewd Southern lawyer who grew up with Jimmy Carter and later became U.S. attorney general after Carter was elected president, died Monday. He was 90.
Nations:U.S. Nicaragua People:Jimmy Carter Activities:1989 Exxon Oil Spill Source:(AP)
2009-01-05
New laws needed in changing polar regions: experts
REYKJAVIK (AFP) - Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions.
Nations:Iceland Activities:1989 Exxon Oil Spill Source:(AFP)
2008-09-07
No decision on Exxon Valdez interest payments
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay interest on punitive damages awarded in the nation's worst oil spill.
Nations:U.S. Activities:1989 Exxon Oil Spill Source:(AP)
2008-08-12
Exxon Valdez: oil company tells top court captain was to blame
Oil giant ExxonMobil Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to cancel a 2.5-billion-dollar compensation award for the huge 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, blaming the ship's captain for the disaster.
Activities:1989 Exxon Oil Spill
2008-02-27
Supreme Court to hear Exxon spill case
For many in this coastal town, it is known simply as the Oil Spill, an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides.
Activities:1989 Exxon Oil Spill
2008-02-25
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