“Litigation Without End: Chevron Battles On in 28-year-old Ecuador Lawsuit; Facing a huge damage award U.S. courts deem fraudulent, oil company is trying to get the pollution verdict voided in the country it came from.” Sara Randazzo will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“‘He opened opportunity.’ First Black Florida Supreme Court Judge Joseph Hatchett dies at 88.” The Miami Herald has published this obituary written by Howard Cohen.
Bill Cotterell of The Tallahassee Democrat has written an obituary headlined “‘We lost a giant’: First Black judge on Florida Supreme Court dies in Tallahassee.”
Joseph W. Hatchett joined the Supreme Court of Florida in 1975. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed Hatchett to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In 1981, Hatchett became one of the original judges serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where be was Chief Judge from 1996 until his retirement from the court in 1999.
“Neil Gorsuch has become the most influential member of the Supreme Court; The justice from Colorado delivers another ruling sure to disappoint former President Trump and Republicans who confirmed him”: Mario Nicolais has this essay online at The Colorado Sun.
In Bashman News from Zimbabwe: ZimEye reports that “Zanu PF Hooligans Bash Man For Displaying President Chamisa Picture On Mobile Phone.”
“Supreme Court’s Ethics Problems Are Bigger Than Coney Barrett; As conflicts of interest accumulate, the justices need to embrace more stringent standards of conduct”: Timothy L. O’Brien has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.