Trials
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Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Kids, Morning Docket, Rap, Sentencing Law, Trials
Morning Docket: 12.27.07
* NRA defends the rights of hurricane victims to shoot at the National Guard keep guns. [AP via How Appealing] * French “aid” workers sentenced to eight years of hard labor in Chad “orphan” case. [Jurist] * Apparently if you’re a rapper you can show up at court when you damn well please. [Athens Banner-Herald] […]
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Football, Sports, Trials
Motion to Continue Trial Due to Conflict with the LSU Tigers National Championship Game
Check out this continuance motion (PDF), filed yesterday in Louisiana state court. It’s pretty great — especially the footnotes. Update: As noted in the comments, there is precedent for this motion in Louisiana state court. See Danos v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (unpublished order). P.S. We’re still accepting applications for the position of ATL “Sports and […] - Sponsored
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Email Scandals, Guns / Firearms, Melvyn Weiss, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 11.13.07
* You’ve got mail! And you better hold on to it. [CNN] * Both sides shooting to get SCOTUS to hear D.C. gun case. [New York Times] * Milberg Weiss asking for home court advantage in trial. [WSJ Law Blog] * Can anybody do anything based on the Mitchell Report? [Sports Illustrated]
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Iraq, Morning Docket, Murder, O.J. Simpson, Pakistan, Tax Law, Trials
Morning Docket: 11.08.07
* Pakistan sets parliamentary elections. [CNN] * What’s going on with the AMT? [ABA Journal] * State Department absolves Blackwater of certain shootings. [MSNBC] * Initial OJ hearing begins today. [MSNBC] * Reno businessman pleads guilty during murder trial. [CourtTV]
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Crime, Jose Padilla, Trials, War on Terror
Breaking: Jose Padilla Verdict Reached
Jose Padilla: committed al-Qaida terrorist, or harmless (and not very good) student of Arabic? After a three month trial, the jury deliberated for a day and a half. Now they’ve reached a verdict. We’ll bring you the details as soon as we have them. A day and a half isn’t very long given the length […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Lunacy, Trials, Vicious Infighting
Now This Is What We Call A Divorce Train Wreck
Sure, the divorce proceedings of Leroy Greer won’t be pretty. But hopefully it won’t get as ugly as Nancy Tauck v. Peter Tauck. That litigation, which has dragged on for some two years, has earned these dubious distinctions: — a new national record for the longest divorce trial ever (some 86 days and counting); — […] -
Options Backdating, Trials, White-Collar Crime
The Brocade Verdict: A Report from the Trenches
We run ATL on a shoestring budget, so we can’t exactly afford to send reporters across the country. Taking the train up to New York, to cover a hearing in L’Affaire Charney, is already a big deal for us. So we’re delighted when tipsters give us eyewitness reports on breaking news. Today we had a […] -
Bad Ideas, Jury Duty, Pro Se Litigants, Trials
Also, Rain Is Wet
We love pro se litigants here at ATL. Like the guy suing Michael Vick, alleging that Vick stole his dogs and abused them, subjected him to “microwave testing,” and pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. Today’s pro se litigant is a defendant rather than a plaintiff. From an article warning that representing yourself can be risky (who […] - Sponsored
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Andrew Speaker, Morning Docket, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Trials, Violence
Morning Afternoon Docket: 07.16.07
* What will become of Justice O’Connor’s precedent? [Slate] * Baseball agent gets prison for smuggling clients. [ESPN] * Civil suit vs. TB Andy. [CNN] * Civil verdict vs. Allen Iverson. [ESPN]
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Cocaine / Crack, Crime, Drugs, Trials
Trial Transcripts Don't Lie: Crack Really Is Wack
The following comes from a trial in the Southern District of Alabama, Chief Judge Ginny Granade presiding. It’s from an assistant U.S. attorney’s examination of an accomplice in a bank robbery: Q: Well, let me just as an aside right now, what kind of a high, what kind of feeling do you get from smoking, […] -
Bad Ideas, Fashion, Jury Duty, Murder, Music, Trials
Is That an iPod Under Your Burqa, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
While we’re on the subject of reluctant jurors, check out this news story: A female Muslim juror has been arrested in Britain after allegedly listening to an MP3 player under her hijab headscarf during a murder trial, police said Monday. The woman in her early 20s was spotted by a fellow juror listening to music […] -
Jose Padilla, Rank Stupidity, Trials, War on Terror
Jose Padilla Rode the Short Bus to Terrorist Camp
From the NYT Reporter’s Notebook on the Jose Padilla trial (previously linked to here): Prosecutors have tried to prove Mr. Padilla’s guilt with a training camp application they say he filled out and wiretapped phone conversations in which he took part or was discussed. But they have no witnesses who saw Mr. Padilla fill out […] -
Barack Obama, Environment / Environmental Law, Fashion, Morning Docket, Politics, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.09.07
* That’s one way to have “smaller government”. [CNN] * Maybe the jury can pick a day to wear their “pimps ‘n hos” jumpsuits. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Corzine signs New Jersey greenhouse gas legislation. [Jurist] * So where was Hillary on Friday night? [AP]
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Asians, Money, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform, Trials
Not As Deserving As the Monica Goodling Legal Defense Fund, But...
If you’ve been feeling bad for Jin Nam and Soo Chung, the dry cleaners sued by crazy-ass pseudo-judge ALJ Roy Pearson for $54 million — over a pair of pants — now you can help: As for what’s going on in the case, Marc Fisher has this update in today’s Washington Post. The trial is […] -
Lunacy, Oy, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform, Trials
Pearson v. Custom Cleaners: Liveblogging the Case of the $54 Million Pants
Over at the Washington Post’s Offbeat blog, Emil Steiner is liveblogging Pearson v. Custom Cleaners — aka “The Case of the $54 Million Pants.” Check it out by clicking here (and scrolling down — no, farther down). Here’s Steiner’s account of the plaintiff’s testimony: If I had $54 million in my pocket, I’d almost give […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Divorce Train Wrecks, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Paris Hilton, Raoul Felder, Sentencing Law, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.05.07
* Yawn… [MSNBC] * Job opportunities for the disbarred. [ABANet] * Libby sentencing today. [CNN] * Advice for Paris. [WSJ Law Blog] * Polsky divorce settlement hits $184 million. [CNN]
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Crime, Judge of the Day, Trials, Violence
Judge of the Day: Patrick Brady
A news flash for criminal defendants, courtesy of a helpful tipster: “Apparently punching out an elderly juror is no longer a surefire way to get a mistrial in your case.” Or as a second reader quipped: “Did you see this? Defendant punches a juror. Mistrial? Not so much.” From the Boston Herald: A tough-as-nails judge […] -
Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Gender, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Religion, Trials, Weirdness
Non-Sequiturs: 05.18.07
* A rabbi, a nun and Christopher Hitchens walk into a bar… [PrawfsBlawg] * Unlike other 15-year-olds who appreciate toilet humor, this girl felt victimized by the inside joke. [Pensacola News Journal] * Anne Heche continues to entertain/disturb, plus we haven’t had a cautionary divorce tale in some time. Stay tuned… [Nasty, Brutish & Short] […] -
Judge of the Day, Rank Stupidity, Technology, Trials, United Kingdom / Great Britain, War on Terror
Judge of the Day: Peter Openshaw
Today’s Judge of the Day hails from the other side of the pond. From Reuters: A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like “Web site” in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet. Judge Peter Openshaw broke into the questioning of a witness […] -
Crime, Immigration, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Sentencing Law, Sports, Trials, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 05.14.07
* Padilla trial set to open. [AP via How Appealing] * Heck of a plea bargain. [CNN] * Will they sue like Imus? [BBC News] * Deportes Perros: former teammate says Vick likes dog fighting. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Immigration reform: enforcement through local xenophobia. [Jurist]