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Submariner

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1. $5 billion originally awarded for the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill cleanup

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2025, 11:32 AM

Jan 2025

was cut by Sammy Alito to $500 million in 2008.

It's likely with another Exxon/Heritage Foundation Travel Agency vacation package, those pesky lawsuits will disappear.

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