The Northern Review

A reading of some of the cases and decisions of Judge Neal B. Biggers, the judge in U.S. v. Scruggs (DCND Miss) would lead a reasonable man to conclude Dick Scruggs and his son Zachary Scruggs and Sidney Backstrom are going to have a hard time on Wednesday and later as the case proceeds, [...]

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The motions (and supporting materials)to be heard on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 may be found here. The Government is to have its responsive materials filed by February 19, 2008. The trial is still on for March 31, 2008, at least for the time-being.

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Judge Lackey in the November 30, 2007 Wall Street Journal article about him expresses respect and concern for Tim Balducci including concern for his family. Then it seems, in almost the same breath, he completely turns on his friend and worse than that becomes the main actor in a scheme to bring great ruin [...]

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Waht’s really going on here? What are these cases involving Mr. Scruggs all about?
They are about the government using a judge to go after a target, Mr. Scruggs. Maybe he should be gone after, in the true scheme of things. But, one has to wonder whether the true scheme of things is [...]

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Judge Henry L. Lackey, a member of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, has engaged in conduct some might say is outrageous. He seems to have violated the Mississippi Rules of Judicial Conduct — see Canons 1, 2 and 3. He has violated the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct — See RPC 8.3 and 8.4. [...]

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One has to wonder whether there may be some selective prosecution in the Scruggs Matter.See this from the United State House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. Especially see Paul Minor’s letter.

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Do not expect much from this proposed effort by the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance. (1) The Commission has hardly any staff. (2) All of the Commission’s work will be done in absolute secrecy unless the Commission unanimously votes otherwise. Of the seven members on the commission four are judges and one [...]

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The Scruggs Matter includes, in one way or another, disputes between lawyers who at one time were all part of a single effort. Once they were joined together to pursue a case with enormous financial implications. Then the effort came to an end. Since it was successful the disputes have to do with the division [...]

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I have been studying the so-called Alabama Indictment this morning. It can be looked at as a confrontation of sorts between Mr. Scruggs and Judge Acker. The judge rendered an order to turn over certain documents. Mr. Scruggs had them but turned them over to Attorney General Hood. Judge Acker was not at all pleased. [...]

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One has to wonder whether certain forces are using the legal system to get at a person they dislike. One also wonders whether an energetic entreprenuer of action has used the legal system to fulfill objectives of his own. And then, if any of this is true, one must ask: Is there [...]

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