Harvard Students Move Fossil Fuel Stock Fight To Court

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 20, 2014 @03:02PM from the don't-take-the-law-into-your-own-hands-you-take-them-to-court dept.

mdsolar writes A group of Harvard students, frustrated by the university's refusal to shed fossil fuel stocks from its investment portfolios, is looking beyond protests and resolutions to a new form of pressure: the courts. The seven law students and undergraduates filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts against the president and fellows of Harvard College, among others, for what they call "mismanagement of charitable funds." The 11-page complaint, with 167 pages of supporting exhibits, asks the court to compel divestment on behalf of the students and "future generations."

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Re:The only thing worse than a lawyer by riskkeyesq · 2014-11-20 16:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The only thing worse than a lawyer is a law student, they think they can use the courts for anything.
The only thing worse than a lawyer is a small-minded person who believes himself capable of creating factual generalizations about a diverse group of people. Oh, and fuck you for trying it.