Justices Tell Judges Not to Rule on Major Backers
June 09, 2009
Topic: Miller Weisbrod, LLP Blog
The U.S.Supreme Court has recognized that major financial contributions from big corporations directly to state Supreme Court Justices creates the appearance of undue influence. The attached article from the New York TImes explains the problem well - when a large corporation makes a large donation to a justice, and later that same justice issues a ruling in favor of that corporation (potentially saving the corporation millions of dollars), that just looks bad. LINK
In Texas, we have proof of how bad it is. Several law schools professors in Texas gathered together and did a study to determine if the big corporations won more decisions before the Texas Supreme Court. The short answer is, Yes. Nearly 85% of the time that an individual faces off with a big corporation, the big corporation wins.
There can be little doubt that the financial contributions of the big companies pays direct financial dividends
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