Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too.<br><br>In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town&#8217;s water supply, causing the worst &#8220;cancer cluster&#8221; in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.<br><br>Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?<br><br>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. <i>Their</i> Supreme Court justice.<br><br><i>The Appeal</i> is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.</p> John Grisham http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/X?Appeal+Grisham 139 2008-03-03T14:46:36-05:00 When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court. 1817 0385515049