Apparently, it is a worry that directors might be held responsible for overlooking "egregious" facts.
To Duchardt, the explanation is simply that Missouri has more heinous murderers, more homicides with "egregious facts".
Still, several Justices worried that the egregious facts of Lozman's case might lead them to create a standard that would subject many communities to similar lawsuits.
"The Roberts court, and particularly the chief justice himself, has often been reluctant to acknowledge the reality of systemic racism in this country, but the egregious facts of the Buck case make it impossible to avoid".
Fink, who supplied the letter to the Los Angeles Times, said the "egregious facts" surrounding Charney's firing could also result in a claim for $10 million or more for emotional damages.
Victims' lawyers point out that they are asking for a narrow ruling of liability, based on the egregious facts of this case alone: the catastrophe unleashed by the UN and its refusal to provide any forum for victims to seek a remedy.
If we had an egregious error of fact in an article, we might choose to put the label Correction Appended at the top just to make sure readers went to the end and read the correction: "Greg Brock retired from The Times; he was not fired".
But Briloff says what's particularly egregious is the fact that Tyco did not file with the SEC disclosure forms (known as 8K filings), which would have carried the exhibits setting forth the balance sheets and income statements of the acquired companies.
It's all the more egregious considering the fact that American families today rely on women's income to contribute to their financial security more than ever before.
What makes the Senate action particularly egregious is the fact that the United States Supreme Court, in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commissionn, is seriously considering doing away with restrictions on corporations and unions giving unlimited funds to political campaigns based on free speech protections.
