Supreme Court Declines Review of Boy Scouts $2.4 Billion Abuse Settlement
The settlement creates a victims' compensation trust and grants legal immunity to contributing organizations, affecting over 82,000 claimants, including 75 survivors in Guam.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an October appeal from the Lujan claimants.
- The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after spending more than $150 million to settle abuse suits, and a 2022 Delaware reorganization created a fund to pay victims.
- Seventy-Five of more than 82,000 claimants pressed the appeal and sought emergency relief rejected in early 2024, while some victims want to sue local councils and third-party groups.
- The justices left in place an appeals-court ruling that largely shielded the Boy Scouts settlement from review, preserving the trust while critics and supporters dispute courts’ authority and protections.
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts abuse settlement | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s landmark $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims in a case involving a group of abuse survivors who wanted to pursue lawsuits against churches and other organizations that ran scouting programs where abuse occurred.
Supreme Court Declines Review Of $2.4B Boy Scouts Deal
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, leaving the deal intact. The appeal was brought by 75 abuse victims who argued the settlement improperly blocks lawsuits against local scouting councils and third…
Supreme Court Declines Boy Scouts Settlement Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge against the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims. The settlement, reached in 2022, provided immunity to certain organizations. Plaintiffs argued they should still be able to sue these organizations, but the decision was upheld.
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