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The group of survivors – 75 people out of >82k who filed claims against the #BoyScouts – argued that #SCOTUS should have reopened the settlement in light of its decision last year in a similar legal dispute in involving #PurduePharma, the maker of the #opioid pain mediciation #OxyContin. In that case, a 5-4 majority rejected a bankruptcy agreement that would have shielded the #Sackler family from future lawsuits even though it made its fortune running the company.

#law #rape #pedophilia #BSA

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

#SCOTUS on Monday declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the #BoyScoutsOfAmerica, rejecting an appeal from a group of #childhood #SexAbuse survivors who said the deal unlawfully blocked them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs.

#law #rape #pedophilia #BSA
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/politics/boy-scouts-supreme-court-settlement

CNN

Supreme Court leaves multibillion-dollar Boy Scouts bankruptcy settlement in place | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an appeal from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims who said the deal unlawfully blocked them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · yesterday

#law #rape #pedophilia #BSA

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