Stephen M. Truitt
Stephen Truitt | |
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Education | Harvard University (AB) Yale University (LLB) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Relatives | Alben W. Barkley (grandfather) Jane Barkley (step-grandmother) |
Stephen M. Truitt is an American lawyer in
Education
Truitt earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Harvard University in 1963 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1966.[2][3]
Career
Although retired from Pepper Hamilton, Truitt continues to practice general civil litigation as a solo practitioner. In addition, along with former Pepper colleague
On behalf of
Truitt is a plaintiff in Wilner v. NSA.[9]
Truitt and Carpenter also represented the Native Forest Council in its challenge of the Northwest Forest Plan for protection of the northern spotted owl.
Truitt represented a number of companies that had claims against Iran arising from the Iranian Revolution before the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal, and was the first to address the full tribunal in the Forum Clause cases. He later represented a class of Tribunal claimants whose claims were espoused by the United States and settled.[10] He also represented the National Iranian Oil Company in an action against Ashland Oil, Inc. for $283,000,000.00 in oil shipments not paid for by Ashland.[11] This case was settled in 1989 just prior to trial set in Mississippi with Ashland paying NIOC $325,000,000.00 in settlement of NIOC's claims and Ashland's counterclaims.
Previously, Truitt represented the
Personal life
He is the grandson of former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, who shared the ticket with President Harry S. Truman in 1948. Truitt is credited with coining the term "Veep" for Barkley at age 10.[12]
References
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"October 14, 2007, TD Blog Interview with Stephen Truitt and Charles Carpenter". The Talking Dog. October 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "Stephen M Truitt Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
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Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
Lawyers for one of those prisoners, Rami bin Saad al-Oteibi of Saudi Arabia, filed their motion under seal on Friday. A court security officer cleared it for public release yesterday. The motion seeks to intervene in the Hamdan case and asks for a new hearing before a panel without Judge Roberts.
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Qaeda training camp in 2001 and other offenses. Judge Roberts said in a January order that Mr. Abdullah's lawyers had made a plausible case that Abu Zubaydahwould have been asked about their client in interrogations.
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"Destroyed tapes come back to vex CIA". United Press International. March 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
In a suit brought by Hani Abdullah, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a federal judge has raised the possibility that the U.S. spy agency violated a court order to preserve all evidence relevant to the prisoner by destroying the tapes, The New York Times reported Friday.
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Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 2008-03-29." was relevant to the detainee's lawsuit and should not have been destroyed.
Roberts issued a three-page ruling late Thursday siding with Carpenter, who represents Guantanamo Bay detainee Hani Abdullah. The judge said the lawyers had made a preliminary "showing that information obtained from Abu Zubaydah
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"U.S. judge orders White House to explain destruction of CIA tapes". CBC News. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
There's enough there that it's worth asking" whether other videos or documents were also destroyed, said attorney Charles Carpenter, who represents Guantanamo Bay detainee Hani Abdullah. "I don't know the answer to that question, but the government does know the answer and now they have to tell Judge Roberts.
- ^ "Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA)". Center for Constitutional Rights. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ Abrahim-Youri v. United States, 36 Fed. Cl. 482 (1996), aff'd, 139 F.3d 1462 (Fed. Cir. 1997), cert. denied sub nom. Gurney v. United States, 524 U.S.951 (1998).
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ "First "Veep" Makes List of KY's Greatest Statesmen". www.wuky.org. Retrieved 2021-08-30.