01545nam a22001817a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040002600080041000800106082001800114100003200132245003200164520101200196942001201208999001701220952012601237OSt20250619120334.0230518s2008    |||||||| |||| 00| f eng d  a9780440243816  aCO-JMCRbspacCO-JMCR0 aeng  aA-NbGRIa2231 aGrisham, John / eautor95214aThe appeal / cJohn Grisham  aIn a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before tha case is ultimately decided?

The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.  2ddccBK  c30041d16425  00102ddc4070aCPLbCPLcNEWd2023-05-18eDonaciónl0oA-N GRIap201811867r2023-05-18 00:00:00tEj.1w2023-05-18yBK