by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: attorney, bribery, brief, court, crime, criminal, decision, health care, hospital, judge, justice, kickback, law, lawyer, legal
TUPELO — A federal court has given attorneys for Tupelo businessman Ray Lamont Shoemaker until about Feb. 19 to file briefs in his appeal of a conviction in a kickback-bribery scheme. The 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans said this past week that the government would have 14 days after Shoemaker’s brief is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: ad, advertisiement, advertising, bench, copyright, court, decision, dismiss, infringement, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, media, newspaper, novel, novelist, writer, writing
OXFORD — The estate of William Faulkner has settled a copyright lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson dismissed the lawsuit Dec. 12. Terms of the settlement are sealed. The Faulkner [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, bribe, bribery, corruption, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, ruling, sentence
JACKSON — Imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his sentence in a Mississippi judicial corruption case. Minor is appealing a decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last August that upheld sentences of Minor and former judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield. Prosecutors say Minor backed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: agency, bench, court, decision, desegration, discrimination, education, education lementary education, federal, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plan, race, racial discrimination, school district, school public dschool, secondary education, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge says he will rule after the first of the year on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glenn H. Davidson told attorneys after a hearing in Oxford that he wanted to give the Department of Justice time to review [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: bench, coal, conmtamination, construction, court, decision, electricity, elevtric, environment, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plant, pollution, power, power generation, ruling, wildlife
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co.’s $2.8 billion Kemper County power plant is one step closer to legal clearance. Company spokesman Jeff Shepard tells The Associated Press that Harrison County Chancery Judge Jim Persons has denied a Sierra Club challenge to the plant’s license. Shepard says Persons released the ruling late yesterday. The environmental group [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: bank, banking, bench, court, decision, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, financial institution, finasnce, fraud, judge, justice, prison, restitution, ruling, sentence, steal, stealing
JACKSON — A federal judge has sentenced a woman to one year in prison on a bank fraud charge. Court records say Nicole Whitten was a financial services representative for Trustmark National Bank in Jackson. She was charged in June with using a customer’s information to take out a loan in his name and had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: contract, county, court, debris, decision, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, government, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, natural disastyer, rain, ruling, sentence, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
BAY ST. LOUIS — A former Hancock County road department manager and his wife and brothers have been sentenced to prison in a Hurricane Katrina kickback case. The Sea Coast Echo reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden in Gulfport sentenced Roger Ladner, the former road manager, to five years during a hearing yesterday. Ladner also [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, call, caller ID, cell phone, communication, court, decision, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, phone, spoofiing, state, telecommunication, telemarketer, telemarketing, telephone
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has sided with a New Jersey company that challenged Mississippi’s “anti-spoofing” law. Mississippi enacted the law 2010. Other states and Congress have since enacted similar laws. Backers of the laws say caller ID “spoofing” is a growing threat to people because of new technology making it cheap and easy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: appeal, attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, decision, divorce, doctor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, ruling, shootout
GREENWOOD — Oncologist Arnold Smith contends Attorney General Jim Hood had no authority to run a police operation that resulted in a shootout at a local law office. Smith argues in new federal court documents that police investigations are executive branch of government matters. He claims the attorney general is a member of the judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bond, bribe, bribery, conviction, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, ruling
OXFORD — A federal judge says former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may return home to Oxford on $2 million bond while his attorneys appeal a 2009 bribery conviction. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Senior District Judge Glen Davidson set the bond yesterday for Scruggs, who has been imprisoned in Montgomery, Ala. Scruggs contends that [...] [...]
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