August 14, 2013 – Center for American Progress – Dodging a Billion-Dollar Verdict

Dodging a Billion-Dollar Verdict

SOURCE: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast

Republican Judge Lloyd A. Karmeier smiles as he reads from a t-shirt, “Top Ten Reasons I Voted For Judge Karmeier,” after defeating Democrat Gordon E. Maag for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, Tuesday, November 2, 2004, during an election night gathering at the American Legion Hall in Nashville, Illinois.

By Billy Corriher and Brent DeBeaumont | August 14, 2013

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A sitting Illinois Supreme Court justice could soon face questions under oath about allegations that he voted to overturn a $1 billion verdict against a powerful corporation that secretly spent millions of dollars to help him get elected.