Justices quash lawsuit vs. FBI
Family alleged agency slaying role
The US Supreme Court refused today to resurrect a lawsuit filed against the FBI by relatives of Edward “Brian’’ Halloran,who must now turn to Congress where Bay State lawmakers have filed special legislation to compensate them for Halloran’s death in 1982, allegedly at the hands of James “Whitey’’ Bulger. “It’s disappointing, but the Supreme Court takes very few cases,’’ said William E. Christie, the New Hampshire-based attorney for the Halloran family. “Once again, the courts have denied the Halloran family justice.’’
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