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Exxon paid enough?
So much more to this story. Exxon had insurance which paid. The rest was a ''write-off'' against the 5 Billion profit the year of the original judgement. The US Government even rewarded Exxon and allowed the merger with Mobil, making it the largest oil Giant in the world. Now ExxonMobil makes 40 Billion a year. The current reduced fine is 2.5 ...
Posted to Supreme Court Dispatches by cordovan on March 7, 2008