Gunns 20

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Gunns Limited, a Timber and woodchip product company in Australia (Gunns Website) is attempting to sue 17 individual activists, including Federal Greens Senator Bob Brown and three not-for-profit environmental groups, for over 7.8 million dollars. Gunns claims that the defendants have sullied their reputation and caused them to lose jobs and profits, the defendants claim that they are protecting the environment. The defendants have become collectively known as the Gunns 20 (Friends of the Gunns 20)

In November 2006, Gunns dropped the case against Helen Gee, Peter Pullinger and Doctors for Forests. In December 2006, they abandoned the claim against Greens MPs Bob Brown and Peg Putt.

[edit] The Defendants

• Bob Brown - federal Greens senator
• Simon Brown
• Adam Burling - HVEC
• Brian Dimmick
• Doctors for Native Forests Inc.
• Heidi Douglas - TWS
• Neal Funnell
• Helen Gee
• Lou Geraghty
• Russell Hanson - TWS
• the Huon Valley Environment Center Inc.
• Geoff Law - TWS
• Alec Marr - TWS
• Leanne Minshull - formerly of TWS
• Louise Morris
• Ben Morrow
• Frank Nicklason
• Peter Pullinger
• Margaret (Peg) Putt - Greens MHA
• The Wilderness Society Inc.