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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1042)10/2/2000 11:36:47 AM
From: ColtonGang  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10042
 
Finally .........U.S. Supreme Court rejects Exxon appeal in oil spill case
October 2, 2000
Web posted at: 10:18 AM EDT (1418 GMT)


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused to free Exxon Mobil Corp. from having to pay $5 billion in damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, the nation's worst ever.

The nation's highest court, acting without comment Monday, let stand the award stemming from the tanker spill that polluted more than 1,000 miles of shoreline, killed tens of thousands of birds and marine mammals and disrupted fishing.