Parties in Supreme Court Case Disagree on Whether Federal Question Exists

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The plaintiff in an Alabama benzene case has filed a brief supporting her petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the petition is properly before the court because courts previously overseeing the matter were presented with the due process question. Cline v. Ashland Inc., et al., No. 06-1329 (U.S. Sup. Ct.).

In a May 14 reply brief, the plaintiffs refute the defendants' contention that a federal question does not exist, saying that not only was the Alabama Supreme Court presented with the issue of a due process violation, but that the defendants …