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November 30, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – Letter Says Dickie Scruggs Withdrawing From All Katrina Litigation
Letter Says Scruggs Withdrawing From All Katrina Litigation The cite Don Barrett’s letter to the court. Wall Street Journal Law Blog 11/29/7
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November 30, 2007
Hillary Clinton Drops Dickie Scruggs Fundraiser
Clinton presidential campaign drops Scruggs fundraiser A Dec. 15 fundraiser at the Oxford home of attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and featuring former President Bill Clinton has been canceled, a campaign official said Thursday. “In light of new developments we have canceled the event,” said Blake Zeff,…
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November 29, 2007
FEMA reimbursement sought
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Harrison County officials have written members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation asking for help in getting FEMA to reimburse $12 million for Hurricane Katrina cleanup. An internal probe by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2006 questioned nearly $9 million worth of debris on public rights of way and nearly $3 million on…
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November 29, 2007
Council approves Jackson payroll
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Pay for Jackson’s nearly 2,500 city workers is no longer in limbo. The Jackson City Council approved the payroll Wednesday, two days after members were at an impasse over including raises for Mayor Frank Melton’s Police Department promotions. The promotions are included in the payroll.
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November 29, 2007
Oxford lawyer indicted
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Multimillionaire Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs, portrayed in a 1999 Hollywood film about his legal fight against the tobacco industry, is facing federal charges of conspiring to bribe a judge handling $26.5 million in attorney fees related to Hurricane Katrina claims. Not long after drawing applause for allowing University of Mississippi officials to…
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November 29, 2007
State lawmaker under fire over Ala. company cleanup
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Seven years after Sen. Jack Gordon agreed to solve environmental problems at a oil plant he owned in Alabama, state officials there are asking the federal government for help enforcing clean-up efforts. Bessemer Petroleum Co. Inc. has not complied with a consent order that Gordon, one of Mississippi’s most powerful lawmakers, signed,…
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November 29, 2007
Ex-guard reporting to mayor again
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Michael Recio has been reassigned from his job as assistant police chief – back to reporting to Jackson Mayor Frank Melton. The move comes more than a month after Melton promoted Recio, who had been one of the mayor’s bodyguards. The promotion was unpopular within Jackson Police Department ranks, with the police…
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November 29, 2007
Jeff Smith publishes Billy McCoy/VPAC ties to Dickie Scruggs & Joey Langston
According to Jackson Clarion-Ledger reporter Jerry Mitchell, writing at the paper’s website, “Multimillionaire trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs has been indicted on charges of conspiring to bribe a judge in the case involving $26.5 million in attorney fees involving Katrina claims. Others indicted in the alleged scheme include Scruggs’ son, Zach, former State Auditor Steve Patterson…
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November 29, 2007
Balducci-Langston Filing against Phil Bryant in Worldcom case
Balducci-Langston Filing against Phil Bryant in Worldcom case Langston Law Firm 11/29/7 hattip RFAC
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November 29, 2007
Who have the ‘Jackpot Justice’ Lawyers donated to?
Since this whole deal is about manipulating the legal and political system, let’s take a quick look at who Scruggs, Balducci, Backstrom, & Patterson donate to politically. Courtesy of Open Secrets.org SCRUGGS, CLAIRE ELIZABETH PASCAGOULA,MS 39567 N/A/RETIRED 3/29/2007 $28,500 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte SCRUGGS, RICHARD F OXFORD,MS 38655 THE SCRUGGS LAW FIRM/ATTORNEY 3/29/2007 $28,500 Democratic…
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November 29, 2007
Hillary Clinton’s December 15 Fundraiser at Dickie Scruggs’ Home
Hillary Clinton currently has scheduled a fundraiser at Dickie Scruggs’ home in Oxford, Mississippi on December 15, 2007. Ironically another man with trouble telling the truth to federal judges, Former President Bill Clinton, is scheduled to attend in her stead.
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November 29, 2007
Pigs get fat – Hogs get slaughtered – Scruggs gets indicted for bribery
Late today, tort baron Dickie Scruggs, his son Zach, Tim Balducci and former Mississippi State Auditor Steve Patterson were indicted by a federal grand jury for bribing a local trial judge that was cooperating with the FBI. All four were huge Attorney General Jim Hood contributors during the last election cycle. Steve Patterson even wrote…
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
State Rep. Paden wins Democratic nomination for Clarksdale mayor
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Daniel Tyson
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April 23, 2025
Change coming to Jackson as Horhn soundly defeats Lumumba
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 23, 2025
Wall Street leaps nearly 3% as markets worldwide rally
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Susan Marquez
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April 23, 2025
Raphael Semmes to fulfill dream of playing with Mississippi Symphony
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 23, 2025
To Him be the glory
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 22, 2025
Graduate by Hilton Oxford, a Mississippi must
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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Russ Latino
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April 23, 2025
Horhn came in like a wrecking ball, landslide brings Lumumba down
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Kimberly Ross
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April 21, 2025
From Shapiro to Trump, political rage does not justify political violence
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