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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-06-05 under

From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-04-11:

"I used to believe in the idea that justice would prevail if you worked hard enough at it. I thought if judges saw cheating right in front of them, they'd do something about it. The Woburn case gave me a depressing does of reality." -- Professor Charlie Nesson, Harvard Law School; quoted in the book "a Civil Action", referring to the famous case in which two corporations were accused of polluting the water in Woburn, MA.
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posted by [identity profile] merlinpole.livejournal.com at 04:28am on 2005-06-06
The water in Woburn was polluted long before then, going back to the tanneries being set up there hundreds of years ago by European colonists. The companies that got stuck in the situation one of them had actually from what I heard had been a better company when it came to community responsibilities and such than most businesses are. [I have relatives who were lifelong residents of Woburn at the time, and some of them still live there.]
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 05:07pm on 2005-06-16
I didn't know the background of the case, thanks. I still think it's an interesting quote, though that does rob it of some of its punch.
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