January 10, 2011 12:59
by J. Wylie Donald
It does not get much more anti-climactic. The Supreme Court today rejected the Comer v. Murphy Oil plaintiffs' request for a writ of mandamus. It took only a short seven words to relegate the petition (as well as others) to the dustbin: "The petitions for writs of mandamus are denied." So ends a saga that was initiated with Hurrican Katrina, expressed in a complaint, dismissed under the political question doctrine, reversed by the Fifth Circuit, accepted for en banc revie...