The attorneys who battled Big Tobacco and won a $145 billion judgment three years ago now accuse the Florida judges who threw out that award of “judicial plagiarism.” On May 21, the judges decertified the class of 700,000-plus smokers in Florida and threw out the landmark judgment. Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt, who represent the smokers, allege the three-member panel lifted their opinion from Big Tobacco�s own briefs.
Claiming the court violated their clients� due process rights, the Rosenblatts are calling for an en banc review by the 11-member 3rd District Court of Appeal.
“[More than] 86 percent of the panel opinion was authored by the tobacco industry, representing approximately 59 pages of the 68-page opinion through an almost verbatim replication of tobacco�s appellate briefs, without a single attribution,” the Rosenblatts stated in a motion for rehearing filed July 17.
This interesting story, and the differing viewpoints it presents, is here from the ABA Journal. (via How Appealing)
The attorneys who battled Big Tobacco and won a $145 billion judgment three years ago now accuse the Florida judges who threw out that award of “judicial plagiarism.” On May 21, the judges decertified the class of 700,000-plus smokers in Florida and threw out the landmark judgment. Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt, who represent the smokers, allege the three-member panel lifted their opinion from Big Tobacco�s own briefs.
Claiming the court violated their clients� due process rights, the Rosenblatts are calling for an en banc review by the 11-member 3rd District Court of Appeal.
“[More than] 86 percent of the panel opinion was authored by the tobacco industry, representing approximately 59 pages of the 68-page opinion through an almost verbatim replication of tobacco�s appellate briefs, without a single attribution,” the Rosenblatts stated in a motion for rehearing filed July 17.
This interesting story, and the differing viewpoints it presents, is here from the ABA Journal. (via How Appealing)
The attorneys who battled Big Tobacco and won a $145 billion judgment three years ago now accuse the Florida judges who threw out that award of “judicial plagiarism.” On May 21, the judges decertified the class of 700,000-plus smokers in Florida and threw out the landmark judgment. Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt, who represent the smokers, allege the three-member panel lifted their opinion from Big Tobacco�s own briefs.
Claiming the court violated their clients� due process rights, the Rosenblatts are calling for an en banc review by the 11-member 3rd District Court of Appeal.
“[More than] 86 percent of the panel opinion was authored by the tobacco industry, representing approximately 59 pages of the 68-page opinion through an almost verbatim replication of tobacco�s appellate briefs, without a single attribution,” the Rosenblatts stated in a motion for rehearing filed July 17.
This interesting story, and the differing viewpoints it presents, is here from the ABA Journal. (via How Appealing)
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