Florida Man Sues Over High Oil Prices

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M50o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Florida Man Sues Over High Oil Prices
Published: Mon, June 09, 2008 - 3:23 pm
Last Updated: Monday, June 09, 2008 - 3:26 pm
A Miami lawyer is suing OPEC over the skyrocketing
price of oil.
Attorney Larry Klayman claims in the lawsuit filed Monday that
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is violating U.S.
antitrust laws by fixing oil prices. Klayman wants a Miami federal
judge to stop that from happening.
Klayman says oil prices are artificially high because of OPEC, a
13-member organization based in Austria. The lawsuit claims OPEC is
operating a conspiracy aimed at causing economic harm in the U.S.
and other western nations.
An OPEC spokesman did not immediately respond to an e-mail
Monday seeking comment.
Gas is now averaging more than $4 a gallon in the U.S.


they should be suing congress, they are the ones stopping the us from drilling here.  i just saw a news article on the rising cost of corn because of ethanol and how americans are addicted to oil.
this is so stupid to say because we need fuel to run our vehicles we are addicted, its just stupid.

Posted by rosepetal on 06/10/08 - 2:04 am • Report Abuse   

What about suing the speculators? Isn’t that why the price keeps being driven up-they speculate that it will go up, people panic, and therefore it does(go up)?

Posted by rmseek1234 on 06/09/08 - 7:34 pm • Report Abuse   

Very nice to see someone speaking out and its sad to say that it’s a lawyer that probably isn’t even being affected by gas prices in his budget very much. If we as a community and a country would rally together and DO SOMETHING or TAKE A STAND maybe things would be different. Until then, we will just have to suffer the consequences at the pump!

Posted by motherof3 on 06/09/08 - 4:54 pm • Report Abuse   


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