Release of Peters’ documents approved
The ruling could bolster efforts by defendants’ attorneys in the theft-of-trade-secrets lawsuit to spur a criminal investigation about DeLaughter and Peters’ actions in the case.
However, federal prosecutors won’t discuss the possibility of a criminal investigation into the two men’s relationship in the Eaton vs. Frisby case.
It was a federal investigation in north Mississippi of judicial bribery in a separate case that led to charges against DeLaughter and his subsequent resignation. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice by lying to an FBI agent about communications with Peters in that case involving Dickie Scruggs. Peters was given immunity in the case.
The documents that Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger ruled can be given to authorities are part of an ongoing legal battle between Jackson-based Eaton Aerospace Corp. and some of its former employees. The documents are referred to as “Peters 1-3.”
Clarion-Ledger
9/29/9
Magnolia Tribune
