57 Quotes by Carl Tobias

It depends on how extensively she was involved in policy making in her five years in the White House.

Juries frequently confront contradictory information, especially in criminal trials. Juries then must sort through all of the evidence, sift and weigh it, resolve the contradictions as best they can, and reach a determination.

That's the nub of this issue. Whether there is a pattern of unilateral executive action without approval or consultation with the other two branches of government.

Merck is trying to paint this as a tie, but it is really not so good for them because people thought they would have had an easy win.

The question is how high the liability shield needs to be. I think 'willful misconduct' is too high. We usually use some kind of negligence standard in these situations. It would be very unusual that you could prove that intentional misconduct had happened.

The question is, can they have their cake and eat it too?

The government may have overstated the dire circumstances going in. But when they actually came to prosecute the case, it didn't seem as dire or as strong a case when they came to the courthouse.

The government is going to lose a very good ruling to avoid having this go before the Supreme Court.

The tobacco industry has won some recent cases, and that Illinois case was a big one. But I think today's ruling is certainly a big win for the plaintiffs. And I think the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this appeal.