1 posted on
08/08/2007 11:27:53 AM PDT by
SmithL
Alsup, William Haskell
- Born 1945 in Jackson, MS
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 24, 1999, to a seat vacated by Thelton Eugene Henderson; Confirmed by the Senate on July 30, 1999, and received commission on August 17, 1999.
Education:
Mississippi State University, B.S., 1967
Harvard University, J.D., 1971
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P., 1971
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Justice William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1971-1972
Private practice, San Francisco, CA, 1972-1978
Assistant to U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1980
Private practice, San Francisco, CA, 1980-1998
Special counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998
Private practice, San Francisco, CA, 1998-1999
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
2 posted on
08/08/2007 11:28:19 AM PDT by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: SmithL
He blamed lawyers representing the Ecuadorians for fabricating their illnesses. Two things are sure to happen in Richmond every time the refinery has a leak:
Dozens of people will report to the local ER's with 'symptoms' and ambulance chasing lawyers will be there to sign them up.
3 posted on
08/08/2007 11:33:27 AM PDT by
Michael.SF.
("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
To: SmithL
A judge dismissed three Ecuadorians from a lawsuit against San Ramon-based Chevron Corp., saying attorneys "manufactured" their claims that the company's chemical dumping in their country caused cancer. . . . He blamed lawyers representing the Ecuadorians for fabricating their illnesses. Will the judge take the next logical step and punish the lawyers for their attempt to deceive the court?
5 posted on
08/08/2007 11:36:20 AM PDT by
Logophile
To: SmithL
Just suing the companies Americans won’t sue?.........
7 posted on
08/08/2007 11:39:14 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
To: SmithL
My memory is that Texaco ceded its oil concessions to the national oil company with the agreement that the national oil company would assume any and all liability. They also agreed to pay a fairly large amount toward clean-up of those oil-fields, which they did.
The lawyers have been trying to get around that ever since. Its gone back and forth between Ecuadorian and US courts for years.
8 posted on
08/08/2007 11:43:27 AM PDT by
marron
To: SmithL
Grabbing my chest hollering “I’m having the big one!” A judge in Kalifornia, a Clinton appointee, no less, made this ruling!
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