Forget property rights, Big Oil got screwed too! Seems as if those two liberals sided with Exxon here and lost  . If I were a TX oil man, I'd be pi$$ed, and vote Democrat next time 
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In a separate decision, the Supreme Court today rejected a bid by Exxon Mobil Corp. for a new trial in a class-action lawsuit filed by gas station owners. The 5-4 ruling means the world's largest publicly traded oil company will have to pay the station owners up to $1.3 billion in damages for failing to make good on discounts it promised them on fuel purchases over several years.
Exxon, based in Irving, Tex., had sought a new trial and asked the court to overturn a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on grounds that some of the station owners were improperly included in the class-action suit. The suit was originally filed in 1991 on behalf of more than 10,000 station owners in 34 states and Washington, D.C.
Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion for the court's majority, which also included Rehnquist, Scalia, Souter and Thomas. Dissenting were Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and O'Connor.
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Currently on or near the homestead:
67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's)
67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction)
67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler)
67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC)
68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC)
70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC)
71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor)
72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor)
72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor)
72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC)
81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler)
82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy)
93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car)
02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk)
2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter 
Maybe I need to sell some of this crap 
Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all
Last edited by CPNE; 06-23-2005 at 04:06 PM.
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