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December 17, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 18
Scruggs Nation, Day 18 Not much time for blogging today, but numerous readers have been sending me links to two good stories in today’s papers, one by Anita Lee in the Sun Herald on P.L. Blake, another by Jerry Mitchell in the Clarion-Ledger on prosecutors’ investigation into a prior Scruggs fee dispute in Hinds County.…
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December 17, 2007
As If On Cue, the CL Carries Water for Speekah Billy McCoy
The most unpardonable journalistic sin is plagarism. The second is burying the lead. Today, the CL Editorial Board may have to beg for forgiveness in the second department. Today in their Editorial Speaker: McCoy’s the Better Choice, Hampton & Company seem conflicted about their choice. We find no fault in Smith – moreover, we like…
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December 17, 2007
CL – Feds probe Hinds case
Feds probe Hinds case It began in 1994 in Hinds County Circuit Court when Alwyn Luckey sued his two former law partners, Scruggs and Scruggs’ then-law partner, William Roberts Wilson Jr., for what Luckey’s contract called for – 25 percent of the attorney fees from litigation against asbestos manufacturers. Wilson countersued Scruggs for monies he…
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December 17, 2007
SUNHERALD – Dickie Scruggs’ $50 million man
Dickie Scruggs’ $50 million man Blake will earn $50 million, court records show, for clipping newspaper articles and alerting Scruggs to maneuvering in political “cloakrooms,” as Scruggs put it, from Mississippi to Washington. Scruggs managed a transformation of his own over the same two decades, from small-town attorney to polished multi-millionaire. Scruggs also amassed around…
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December 15, 2007
FOLO – NMC Checks Out Balducci’s Chops
NMC Checks Out Balducci’s Chops Tim Balducci apparently had a different theory. The first three are all criminal cases in which the circuit judge was Henry Lackey — and Tim lost! And lost on appeal! Two were of such insignificance the court did not write an opinion, and in the third, the only issue was…
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December 15, 2007
CL – Mike Moore: Senate decision crushing for Dems
Moore: Senate decision crushing for Dems It was considered a near certainty that Moore would run. Since he chose to pursue private legal practice in 2004, it was common political wisdom that he was itching to be a senator, only biding his time until either Lott, 66, or Sen. Thad Cochran, 70, chose to retire.…
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December 15, 2007
WSJ – Mississippi’s Tort King
Mississippi’s Tort King “It just boggles the mind,” said one Mississippi trial lawyer quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the indictment of tort lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week on charges of backing the attempted bribery of a state judge. “Here is a man who has had an enormous amount of success, who reached…
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December 15, 2007
JPD SWAT members deputized by McMillin
JPD SWAT members deputized by McMillin Malcolm McMillin, Hinds County sheriff and Jackson police chief, deputized 20 members of the Jackson Police Department SWAT team and hostage negotiations team Friday morning, giving them jurisdiction throughout Hinds County. McMillin said he did it so the JPD officers can assist the 14 SWAT team members of the…
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December 14, 2007
Moore opts not to seek Lott seat
Moore opts not to seek Lott seat Many Democrats also viewed the charismatic Moore as their best opportunity for victory. “The man is in private law practice and he has a right not to run,” said state Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville. “But I think he might have been the best horse we had, so we…
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December 14, 2007
Scruggs’ defense receives evidence
Scruggs’ defense receives evidence Defense attorneys for five NeMiss men accused of attempting to bribe a judge are receiving documents and recordings relating to the federal allegations. Attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs of Oxford, his son Zach, Oxford attorney Sidney Backstrom, New Albany attorney Timothy Balducci and former State Auditor Steve Patterson were indicted Nov. 28…
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December 14, 2007
Lott Winds Down Final Days in Office
WTOK, 12/13/7 Sen. Trent Lott is winding down his final days in office. He said Thursday he will officially submit his resignation to Vice-President Dick Cheney before the end of 2007. Lott held his final satellite news conference with Mississippi television stations Thursday. He said the last three decades in office have been “a wild…
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December 14, 2007
Former judge asks to remain free while appealing bribery conviction
The Sun Herald, 12/13/7 A former Harrison County judge who was convicted of bribery is asking to remain free on bond while he appeals his nine-year federal prison sentence, according to court records. The request is a reversal for former Circuit Judge John Whitfield, who previously said he was ready to start serving the sentence…
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August 31, 2026
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Arrest made in sextortion case that led to death of Starkville teen Walker Montgomery
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Jeremy Pittari
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Ocean Aero creating 45 jobs with $4 million expansion in Gulfport
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Frank Corder
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August 27, 2026
Raytheon announces completion of $50 million expansion in Forest
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Cass Rutledge
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August 20, 2026
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Robert St. John
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August 31, 2026
A lifetime along the panhandle
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Alistair Begg
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August 31, 2026
This is the Lord’s doing
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Matt Friedeman
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August 30, 2026
Parents – time to start raising “different” children
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Roger Wicker
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August 28, 2026
Reports of Mississippi momentum are true
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Sid Salter
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Roger Wicker
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Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line boosts jobs, tourism
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