But a lawyer for the family, Seth A. Presser, said the decision had "caused a remarkably inequitable result" and that it would be appealed.
In an interview last week, the vice president said that while he had voted against federal financing for abortions in the late 1970's and early 1980's he had abandoned that position as he came to realize that it carried "an inequitable result".
Failure to treat Wessell as one and the same as these entities will lead to an inequitable result.
However, when comparing between charging regimes it is clear that the area schemes generate more inequitable results.
The awarding of such damages would lead to inequitable results since those who never contract cancer would obtain damages even though the disease never came into fruition.
Mr. Kruger, undeterred, answers that the trustee has provided inequitable results for customers, with "significant wins for some customers and caused some losses for other customers".
Where a decision of this Court could produce substantial inequitable results if applied retroactively, there is ample basis in our cases for avoiding the 'injustice or hardship' by a holding of nonretroactivity.
Finally, we must weigh the inequity imposed by retroactive application, for where a decision of this Court could produce substantial inequitable results if applied retroactively, there is ample basis in our cases for avoiding the injustice or hardship by a holding of nonretroactivity". 404 U.S., at 106-107, 92 S.Ct., at 355 (citations and internal quotations omitted).
Today's ruling, moreover, does not produce "substantial inequitable results," 404 U.S., at 107, 92 S.Ct., at 355, for petitioners do not make any serious allegation that they agreed to arbitrate future disputes relating to their investment contracts in reliance on Wilko's holding that such agreements would be held unenforceable by the courts.
Finally, we have weighed the inequity imposed by retroactive application, for '(w)here a decision of this Court could produce substantial inequitable results if applied retroactively, there is ample basis in our cases for avoiding the 'injustice or hardship' by a holding of nonretroactivity.' Cipriano v. City of Houma, supra, 395 U.S., at 706, 89 S.Ct., at 1900.
Much, much more likely, however, I'm wrong, and courtesy of harried revisions and sloppy drafting, we'll be stuck with these unpredictable and inequitable results for the foreseeable future.
