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Court to hear mercury, OT cases
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November 29, 2011
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The Supreme Court will consider throwing out an $18 million penalty against Texas-based Southern Union Co. for illegally storing mercury at a rundown building in Rhode Island. The justices said Monday they will hear the natural gas company’s appeal of the criminal penalty that was imposed by a federal judge and upheld by an appeals court. What makes the case unusual is that the company is challenging the size of the penalty under a line of Supreme Court cases concerning prison sentences.
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