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19 Apr, 2008 12:18 pm
Karl and I just got the following email from sometime contributor Glen Wilkerson about Hall Street v. Mattel, a recent U.S. Supreme Court
opinion that many, including us, have blogged about. Glen's comments are copied ... the FAA and ignores the historical context in which the Act was passed, I respectfully dissent."
(Emphasis Added) Glen M. Wilkerson Davis & Wilkerson, P.C. wilkerson@dwlaw.com (512) 482 0614 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.karlbayer.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D134'; addthis_title = ' ...
30 Oct, 2008 6:00 pm
... meeting law violation involves the Boston Licensing Board's issuance of the liquor license that is at the heart of the complaint against Wilkerson. Kevin McCrea wrote about this yesterday at his blog, The BIG Campaign, and Universal Hub picked up on it ... was no mention of Dejavu's application
at the BLB public hearing but that the attorney claimed that the license was granted, WILKERSON responded that the way the BLB did its business
was "all smoke and mirrors." The following Monday, August 16, ...
19 Nov, 2008 1:40 am
... $23,500) from a cooperating witness and undercover agents. The indictment is seeking the return of those funds. The FBI arrested Wilkerson
exactly three weeks ago, following an undercover corruption investigation. Bureau and the Boston Police Department Anti- ... began the probe after the senator came under suspicion for
allegedly accepting illegal payments in connection with her office. Wilkerson was arrested after she was photographed allegedly putting $1,000
in bribes in her bra at a Beacon Hill ...
28 Jul, 2005 10:20 pm
We had previously discussed in this post the First Circuit's opinion in United States v. Wilkerson, No. 02-1729 (1st Cir. June 9, 2005) which
appeared to ... and state sentences in the post-Booker world. DOJ's Petition for Panel Rehearing in Wilkerson makes reference (at n.1) to the
posts at Sentencing Law and Policy, another at ... The Federal Public Defender's Office in D.Mass., who represent appellant Wilkerson, has
submitted a response to this petition, but we have been unable to obtain the same, ...
29 Oct, 2008 9:51 am
Yesterday Dianne Wilkerson, Massachusetts state senator, was arrested on charges of attempted extortion and wire fraud. The following are some
links to the affidavit and news coverage. Affidavit Phoenix article (including photos) Timeline of Sen. Wilkerson's Troubles (Boston Herald)
23 Jul, 2008 6:14 pm
... some combination of these. But yesterday, on Tom Ashbrook's On Point, both Zbigniew Brzezinski and Lawrence Wilkerson expressed opposition
to a heavy additional militarization of our efforts in Afghanistan. Their positions seemed not greatly different from my ... under attack -- attacks that could well occur when you
consider that Washington insiders like Brzezinski and Wilkerson, already disagree with them -- he will be accused again of flip flopping. This
could be especially harmful to him if he ...
23 Aug, 2005 9:57 pm
In my previous post on United States v. Wilkerson, No. 02-1729 (1st Cir. June 9, 2005) -- yes, the case where it appeared that the First
Circuit might be endorsing a district court's consideration of ... at this time about whether federal state sentencing disparities may be considered under the post-Booker advisory
guidelines." You can access the Wilkerson errata here. This is pretty much in keeping with my initial view that the Court would find the
Government's posture that such comparisons could ...
20 Aug, 2005 1:18 pm
Upon checking the docket for United States v. Wilkerson, No. 02-1729 (1st Cir. June 9, 2005) it appears that the First Circuit has denied the
petitions for panel rehearing. As we indicated in our previous post here, Wilkerson "appeared to endorse the idea that a district court may
take into account the disparity between federal and state sentences for the same conduct in arriving at a correct sentence in the post-Booker world." We also gave our reason as to why
the First Circuit would probably ...
26 Aug, 2008 11:24 pm
HARDIN COUNTY HOSPITAL D/B/A HARDIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL V. WILKERSON CIVIL PROCEDURE: Revival of claims and stay of proceedings pending insolvent
insurer undergoing liquidation and statutes of limitation2005-SC-000206-DG.pdf PUBLISHED: ... NOBLE; SCOTT DISSENTS BY SEP. OP. WITH CUNNINGHAM JOINING; MINTON NOT SITTING FROM HARDIN
COUNTY DATE RENDERED: 6/19/2008 Bessie Wilkerson fell and injured her hip while a patient at the hospital; on July 16, 2002, while the case was
still pending before the trial ...
5 Jan, 2007 7:41 am
On December 22, 2006, the Supreme Court came down with the opinion quoted below. The opinion is significant in two important respects: 1. The opinion demonstrates the Supreme Court
holding exemplary damages "constitutionally excessive" even though the exemplary damages are within the Chapter 41 limit of $200,000.00. Therefore, this is a case where the
constitutionally excessive defensive pleadings came into play. The court holds that it has the power to decide whether the exemplary damages are ...
20 May 12:28 pm
Gerry W. Beyer (Texas Tech) & Jonathan P. Wilkerson (J.D. 2009, Texas Tech) have published Max's Taxes: A Tax-Based Analysis of Pet Trusts,
43 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1219 (2009). Here is the abstract: Humans and charities are no longer the primary entities many individuals wish to benefit upon death....
25 Mar 10:19 am
... air? Here is the second reason for the Robert Welch moment. Last Tuesday the famous Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, previously an aide to
Secretary of State Powell, disclosed on the internet disgraceful information -- worse than disgraceful information -- ... for years, the result, the "mosaic," might possibly be turned
into useful intelligence. "Thus," says Wilkerson, "as many people as possible had to be kept in detention for as long as possible to allow the
philosophy of intelligence gathering to ...
25 Mar 7:18 am
... air? Here is the second reason for the Joseph Welch moment. Last Tuesday the famous Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, previously an aide to
Secretary of State Powell, disclosed on the internet disgraceful information -- worse than disgraceful information -- ... for years, the result, the "mosaic," might possibly be turned
into useful intelligence. "Thus," says Wilkerson, "as many people as possible had to be kept in detention for as long as possible to allow the
philosophy of intelligence gathering to ...
26 Mar, 2008 4:26 am
... federal fraud indictment says Volner and former Memphis banker Patsy A. Wilkerson conspired for six years to bilk more than 30 people in
five states ... estate. Of her claims about an estate, May says, "It was all a lie." Volner and Wilkerson, whose attorneys declined to comment,
have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled ... credibility to Volner's claims. "The only reason people believed it was because of Pat Wilkerson," Price said. Volner claimed she was going to give the Prices a Cadillac Escalade ...
2 Nov, 2008 4:10 am
... FBI and federal law enforcement authorities. Federal authorities received information from an undercover informant in 2007 that Sen. Wilkerson was accepting bribes from business interests seeking favorable approval for a range of permit applications, including liquor ... and real estate
development approvals, from state and city officials. What makes the charges against Sen. Wilkerson so challenging to the concept that everyone
is presumed innocent until proven guilty, is the fact that FBI agents, ...
30 Oct, 2008 12:40 am
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston yesterday announced that Massachusetts's State Senator Dianne Wilkerson has been charged with interference
with commerce by extortion under color of official right in violation of 18 USC § 1951 and fraud by wire in violation of 18 USC § 1343. The charges arise out of Wilkerson having -amongst other things- allegedly agreed to introduce certain legislation in the Massachusetts State Senate in exchange for cash.
Wilkerson allegedly ...
2 Jul 10:00 pm
... City of Detroit. Unlike Monica Conyers, former Massachusetts state senator Dianne Wilkerson has pleaded not guilty to public corruption
charges. I first wrote about Diane ... refers to surveillance video / still photos to support the government's contention that Diane Wilkerson
had taken bribes related to a state liquor license. The government's still photos were highly publicized and one of them supposedly showed Diane Wilkerson on June 18, 2007 hiding a $1000 bribe in her bra. The Special Agent' ...
23 Apr, 2008 9:35 am
... resultant executions were anything but free from torture and prolonged deaths. The first of those landmark cases, the 1879 case of Wilkerson v. Utah, was cited by Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion in the Kentucky case. The court "had no ... him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded. A sheriff gave the command to fire and Wilkerson braced for the barrage. He moved just enough for the bullets to strike his arm and torso but not his heart. " ...
10 Jun, 2005 5:37 am
... DOJ has been saying it will appeal any district court sentence with a variance based on comparisons to state sentencing laws. Wilkerson as
it stands seems to approve such comparisons." According to this last linked to post at SL&P, DOJ personnel have stated ... at Appellate Law & Practice which covers not only the
Booker aspects, but also other issues decided in the Wilkerson opinion such as the use of prior consistent statements to rehabilitate a witness
as well as prosecutorial vouching.
10 Feb 2:00 pm
... with felony DUI manslaughter in relation to the death of a man crossing a road at night in Tampa. Wilkerson is being held without bail and
the man struck by him has not been ... his death at 11:55pm. "I just killed a man. I was driving north, and he got in front of me," said Wilkerson in an affidavit to Tampa police. A strong odor of alcohol ... Wilkerson's breath, police noted. Refusals
to sobriety tests were also noted by police, yet blood-alcohol levels taken at the station revealed a level of .10, ...
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