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| Ramsey Clark loses another case |
| 2005-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Monday to overturn a $116 million judgment against the Palestine Liberation Organization in the deaths of a Jewish couple near the West Bank. The PLO, and its governmental entity, had been sued in federal court in Rhode Island over the 1996 drive-by shooting of Yaron Ungar, an American citizen, and his Israeli wife, Efrat, as the couple returned home from a wedding. The family's relatives argued that the PLO and Palestinian Authority provided a safe haven and operational base for the Islamic militant group Hamas, which was responsible for the attack. A judge issued a default judgment after the PLO did not respond to requests for depositions from Yasser Arafat and others. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the lawyer for the PLO, told justices in the appeal last month that Ungar relatives have "commenced sweeping national and international efforts" to collect the millions of dollars, including an attempt to seize Palestine's U.N. Mission building in New York. Clark said U.S. courts "are marching off to the conflicts of the Middle East and elsewhere carrying with them the integrity of the U.S. judiciary and risking the foreign perception that U.S. courts will extend their jurisdiction globally deciding the most sensitive political questions affecting the foreign policies of the U.S. and other nations as they go." The case is Palestine Liberation Organization v. Ungar, 05-510. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 He's going to turn it around with his next case. I sense a big win coming. Especially as he asked me to shell out $10 million in oil vouchers to hire Johnny Cockrun as a technical consultant. "If the zyklon don't fit, you must acquit." Right on, bro! |
| Posted by: Saddamn Husseinb 2005-11-28 19:14 |
| #7 Ramsey is becoming an international ambulance chaser. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-11-28 18:25 |
| #6 This is not going to look good on his resume. Has the esteemed Mr. Clark (snorting noises) ever won *any* of his high profile cases? And where can *I* get one of those stylish Caterpillar gimme caps? Preferably one with the little pancake logo. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-11-28 18:15 |
| #5 This is not going to look good on his resume. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-11-28 18:02 |
| #4 a dozen Caterpillar baseball hats...they're very popular |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-28 17:59 |
| #3 How much did my mom and pop get for when I got D-9ed? |
| Posted by: St. Pancake 2005-11-28 17:46 |
| #2 A mere $116 mil? Surely the PLO has that tiny sum available, what with the billions they've received over the years. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-11-28 16:22 |
| #1 Ramsey "the sky is a fallin on the poor paleos" Clark might have done well to prevail upon the PLO nutters to actually defend on the merits rather than whine on appeal and drag out the tired old parade of horribles arguments. Then again, truth and merit always seem to be a very scare commodity at the PLO. We all know they can't fight all to well with their guns, bombs, mortars, and rockets and now it appears they come up lacking in the legal arena as well. They just can't help themselves can they. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-11-28 15:47 |