Despite this opinion, a Florida judge awarded interest to one of the claimants, and the government appealed the case to the Supreme Court, with Crittenden serving as the government's counsel.
The jury in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose awarded a total of $4.3 million plus interest on Friday to venture capitalists and individuals who had lost money on their investments in Osborne, a personal computer company that had a spectacular rise in 1982 and then collapsed abruptly in 1983.
About 1900, Frothingham contracted E. S. Williams to dam Dry Valley Run Creek to create a lake on the property; when Frothingham failed to pay Williams for the work, Williams sued and was awarded one-half interest in the park.
The appeals court said Mrs. Taxman should be awarded some $140,000 back pay, plus interest, for the years she was not working but denied her request for punitive damages.
In the final decision, it awarded CME damages of $269,814,000 plus 10% interest from the date of arbitration per annum and $1,007,749.81 of costs (with same interests).
The jury returned a verdict that agreed with Robeson and Cambell was awarded $42 plus three years interest.
In their decision on Nov. 22, the judges awarded Mr. Manson $10,000 plus accrued interest for "moral injury" and asked the Secretary General to clear Mr. Manson's record.
Judge Smith awarded the company $2.68 million plus interest from 1982 because he viewed the restrictions as a taking of private property.
And on Nov. 19, 1985, the Houston jury awarded Pennzoil $10.53 billion in damages, plus interest that mounted at the rate of $2.6 million a day.
Kingman, whose last season was 1986, was awarded $648,000 on a lost-job claim for 1987 plus interest for a total of $829,849.54.