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"Kin lose awards tied to '82 killings; Court says suits filed too late"

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"Kin lose awards tied to '82 killings; Court says suits filed too late": The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, "After decades of legal wrangling, the families of two men who were gunned down on Boston's waterfront in 1982 by longtime FBI informant James 'Whitey' Bulger proved the government was to blame and were awarded nearly $8.5 million two years ago. But, yesterday, a federal Appeals Court reversed the decision, ruling that the families of Michael Donahue and Edward 'Brian' Halloran were not entitled to anything because they filed their civil suits against the government too late."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's First Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 11, 2011 (boomark / email).

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