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February 28, 2008
DJ – Scruggs-Backstrom update: Defense gets most of what it asks for juror questionnaire
Scruggs-Backstrom update: Defense gets most of what it asks for juror questionnaire Potential jurors in the Scruggs-Backstrom judicial bribery case will receive a questionnaire amended with some questions proposed by defense attorneys, a late Wednesday ruling shows. However, Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr. ruled he will not allow some questions which “can be best brought…
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – U.S. v. Scruggs: Jury stuff
U.S. v. Scruggs: Jury stuff Second, in all the blizzard of filings earlier in the week, I missed that the defense responded to the government’s motion for an anonymous sequestered jury. The response notes (with some accuracy) that many of the publicity-related concerns are exactly what the defense was talking about in the change of…
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – Documents in the Alabama US v. Scruggs contempt case provide interesting background
Documents in the Alabama US v. Scruggs contempt case provide interesting background 12/12/06 email Asst A.G. Courtney Schloemer to Scruggs (Ex2) “”I am not comfortable that the protective measures put in place by the Court will be effective in keeping these documents out of the grasp of State Farm. I would appreciate if you would…
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February 28, 2008
YP – From the Memory Division – Anyone heard from Grisham lately?
Just a rhetorical question from the Memory Division here at YallPolitics. Has anyone heard from John Grisham lately? At one point, he was out in front on this Scruggs defense program. That seems to have settled down a bit here lately.
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February 28, 2008
More on yesterday’s ruling from Judge Biggers in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition)
More on yesterday’s ruling from Judge Biggers in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition) Scruggs undoubtedly was involved, in the Alabama case, in sending the Rigsby documents to Hood instead of returning them to the attorneys for the sisters’ former employers as ordered. But even with that case, some presume he must have had some…
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February 28, 2008
SNS – Witness says Scruggs Paid Bagman; $50 Million goes to Mystery Man
Witness says Scruggs Paid Bagman; $50 Million goes to Mystery Man State News Shot 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Another Not-so-Good Day for the Scruggs Defendants
Another Not-so-Good Day for the Scruggs Defendants On Tuesday, Hood told press outlets that his decision not to indict State Farm was based solely on advice from senior prosecutors. According to the FBI memo, “Dickie Scruggs reneged on his pledge to pay Patterson Balducci $500,000, but later agreed to pay the firm $100,000 per month…
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February 28, 2008
LNL – Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood
Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood Worried a state-run criminal investigation might interfere with his payday, indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may have attempted to sway Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s decision to prosecute State Farm Insurance Cos. Legal Newsline 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – Another Hood-Langston-Balducci bleg
Another Hood-Langston-Balducci bleg FOLO 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
SALTERBLOG – Hood: What’s Balducci REALLY said about Hood on Page 49…
Hood: What’s Balducci REALLY said about Hood on Page 49… Hood cited Balducci as saying: “He (Hood) ain’t gonna dance with the one who brought him to, to the dance.” What Hood left out was the previous utterance by Balducci on the transcript. In that conversation, Balducci tells Backstrom: “I haven seen or talked to…
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February 27, 2008
MS3 – Landrum self contributes another $60,000
Landrum self contributes another $60,000 MS 3rd CD Blog 2/27/8
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February 27, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Jones v. Scruggs update
Jones v. Scruggs update The arguments reported in the story against the position the judge eventually took appear to be that the case has to proceed to arbitration no matter what, because this is what the joint venture agreement said. This seems far-fetched. Even if Scruggs and the SKG did not waive arbitration by refusing…
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November 25, 2025
Mississippi cracking down on non-English speaking commercial truckers
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Daniel Tyson
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November 25, 2025
Colom champions tax increase “for Mississippians to continue to have health insurance”
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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November 25, 2025
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
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Robert St. John
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November 25, 2025
Robert St. John’s Thanksgiving memories
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In this world for good
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Robert St. John
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Kimberly Ross
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The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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