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October 7, 2013

Dickie Scruggs ignored by SCOTUS

U.S. Supreme won’t hear Mississippi cases as term begins The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs or a death row inmate’s challenge to Mississippi’s method of execution by injection. The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia’s…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 7, 2013

$500 fine in a $322M case – not much of a disincentive for judges

Supreme Court reprimands, fines judge In May 2011, attorneys for Union Carbide Corporation said Circuit Judge Eddie H. Bowen neglected to notify defense lawyers that his parents had been involved in similar asbestos litigation and had settled a case against Union Carbide. When Bowen didn’t respond to a petition for recusal, Union Carbide went to…