Convoluted web of maneuverings evolving
Grady Tollison’s employees watched from his law firm balcony as FBI agents descended on Oxford’s courthouse square during the Christmas holidays.
They called to Tollison, who in his 35 years of law practice had never witnessed such a sight in this rural Mississippi hamlet. Unbelievably, the agents carted box after box from the law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, one of Tollison’s professional neighbors on the square, whose century-old buildings are populated by ground-floor boutiques, bookstores and eateries.
That night, Tollison’s surprise turned to incredulity when he learned the federal government had raided Scruggs’ office over a lawsuit that pitted the two attorneys against each other. Tollison’s client wanted the case to go to trial, Scruggs was arguing for arbitration. Scruggs and four others were charged the following day with conspiring to bribe the judge in the case.
Sun Herald
1/20/8
