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December 13, 2007
LNL – Scruggs Gets A Judge Appointed in Contempt Case
Scruggs gets new judge in contempt proceedings Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge J.L. Edmondson appointed Judge C. Roger Vinson Tuesday, nearly a month after Scruggs’ defense team successfully argued that each of the federal judges in Northern Alabama district should recuse themselves from the case. Edmondson wrote that Vinson indicated he is “willing…
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December 13, 2007
FOLO – Are Fred Thompson and Joe Biden ready for their cameos?
Are Fred Thompson and Joe Biden ready for their cameos? Yes, my brother and sister Scruggsians, let’s give a warm Southern welcome to the phlegmatic Republican and motormouth Dem — ladies and gentlemen, I give you Fred Thompson and Joe Biden! [Red and Blue groans fill the hall] I meant to mention this a couple…
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December 13, 2007
OVERLAWYERED – Scruggs indictment IX
Scruggs indictment IX There is enormous curiosity (e.g.) about P.L. Blake, to whom Scruggs says he paid $10 million (and tens of millions more in future payments) for vaguely described intelligence services aimed at swaying political influentials during the tobacco caper. Per a 1997 account posted at Y’All Politics, “Blake pleaded ‘no contest’ in 1988…
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December 13, 2007
Scruggs, Patterson add lawyers
Scruggs, Patterson add lawyers PATTERSON HIRES EASTLAND: Hiram C. Eastland Jr. of Greenwood has been hired as additional counsel for former state Auditor Steven Patterson, another of the five defendants in the judicial bribery case. Kenneth Coghland of Oxford also represents Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Eastland is a distant relative…
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December 12, 2007
Scruggs’ attorneys expect to see case against him soon
Scruggs’ attorneys expect to see case against him soon The affidavits for a search warrant and copies of recorded conversations will arrive via the U.S. Postal Service, said Ashland attorney Tony Farese, who is representing Scruggs’ son, Zach, in the six-count indictment issued Nov. 28. “We are looking forward to receiving all the discovery so…
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December 12, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 14: waiting for the other shoe(s) to drop
Scruggs Nation, Day 14: waiting for the other shoe(s) to drop Remember P.L. Blake, the figure Dickie Scruggs apparently spoke about in the book Assuming the Risk, by Michael Orey, when he referred to “the dark side of the force” aiding Scruggs in litigation? (We do not know this for sure, because curiously Blake’s name…
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December 12, 2007
AG distancing state from bribery scandal
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/12/7 The north Mississippi lawyer who has pleaded guilty to judicial bribery charges also brought against Dickie Scruggs – is still listed as representing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in litigation against Eli Lilly. But Hood’s office said Tuesday the court papers are misleading because Balducci is no longer representing Hood. “The Langston…
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December 12, 2007
Secretary of state seeks juco board post
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/12/7 Outgoing Secretary of State Eric Clark has applied to be executive director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges. “I have not interviewed and I can’t make any comment beyond that,” Clark said Tuesday, when contacted. He would not answer questions about what prompted him to apply for the position…
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December 12, 2007
Judge cancels District 71 revote
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/12/7 Unless the state Supreme Court rules otherwise, Adrienne Wooten will be seated as the District 71 state representative when the Legislature convenes Jan 8. But the Mississippi House could have the final say on whether she, not longtime incumbent John Reeves, will represent the district, made up mostly of south Jackson and…
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December 12, 2007
Hood downplays Balducci’s key role in $100M MCI settlement
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/12/7 State voters were flooded with information about Attorney General Jim Hood’s personal and political relationship with famed Booneville attorney Joey Langston and his former legal associate Tim Balducci during Hood’s recent general election showdown with Republican nominee Al Hopkins. Hopkins and the state Republican Party told the voters often and in great…
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December 12, 2007
More Interesting PL Blake-Steve Patterson History
This is an article from the Sun Herald with a ton of history between Steve Patterson and PL Blake. Sun Herald 1997
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December 12, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – The Miss. Mess at Midday: Wiretaps and Warrants
The Miss. Mess at Midday: Wiretaps and Warrants Yesterday, it seems (but just up on PACER this morning), Judge Biggers issued an order allowing the limited unsealing of government affidavits and applications “for a search warrant and orders authorizing the interception of wire communications and a disc containing intercepted conversations. . . .” While such…
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Susan Marquez
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December 26, 2025
A cure for the post-holiday blues
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Alistair Begg
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December 26, 2025
Dead-end streets
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 25, 2025
Where Christmas comes to life: Mississippi’s growing role in holiday movies
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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