Anonymous Coward User ID: 484478 United States 08/17/2008 02:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US: Files Show Governor Intervened With Court West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III filed a friend-of-the-court brief in June, arguing the State Supreme Court should review a $382 million judgment against DuPont. The case involves thousands of residents in the area of a DuPont-operated zinc-smelting plant, and the largest civil penalty ever levied against the company, for the dumping of toxic arsenic, cadmium and lead at the plant. [ link to thelastmovement.blogspot.com] |