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9 Mar 2010, 12:20 am
Judge The Legal Intelligencer Despite receiving four complaints since 2004 against former Luzerne County, Pa., Judge Michael Conahan, who is facing federal racketeering charges, the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board never investigated any of them, it has admitted in writing. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 5:48 am by Walter Olson
[Legal Intelligencer] Tags: Luzerne County judicial scandal Related posts May 7 roundup (3) March 3 roundup (1) March 21 roundup (1) Judges took kickbacks from juvie detention centers (2) January 8 roundup (5) [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 12:34 am
Judicial Scandal Shows No Signs of Fading The Legal Intelligencer What has emerged as the worst judicial scandal in Pennsylvania's history -- the investigation of alleged corruption in the Luzerne County courthouse -- is ongoing and aggressive, according to sources, and is currently targeting attorneys and possible case-fixing. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 10:24 pm by Joel Jacobsen
  The judge prohibited the elected government of the county from meeting in committee. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 12:12 am
Toole, who is the third Luzerne County judge to be removed from office in the wake of a federal corruption probe, had been permitted to remain on the judicial payroll until he formally entered his guilty plea. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 12:19 pm by Judicial Watch Blog
Earlier this year two of his Luzerne County bench colleagues (Mark Ciavarella and Michael T. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 10:40 am by Howard Friedman
Meanwhile the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Commissioners are working to restore a nativity scene and menorah removed last week from the courthouse lawn after a complaint by the ACLU and Americans United. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 11:15 pm
In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County Commissioners took town a creche and a menorah from the courthouse lawn after receiving a letter from the ACLU and Americans United objecting to the display. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 3:19 am
Luzerne County Common Pleas Court President Judge Chester B. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 12:13 am
Toole is the third judge from Luzerne County's courthouse to be charged by the federal government this year. [read post]
28 Nov 2009, 6:20 am
” [The opinion goes on to reject immunity for the second judge involved in the action, because his liability is premised on “non-judicial acts” â€" “taking official actions to remove funding from the Luzerne County budget from the Luzerne County facility, and [exerting] influence to facilitate the construction, expansion, and lease of the [facility from which he was receiving… [read post]
27 Nov 2009, 3:07 pm
There's no "even if" about working to get those sleazy Luzerne County judges off, no "since they're my clients. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 2:43 am
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania The corruption in Luzerne County was more prosaic. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:54 pm by Joel Jacobsen
  Judge Caputo, as you might have heard, ruled that the gangster judges of Luzerne County were absolutely immune from liability for any action they took while serving as judges, no matter how crooked. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 8:57 pm by Joel Jacobsen
And then there's Luzerne County's Judge Ann Lokuta (see post 390), removed from the bench for ethical lapses at the behest of the two child-selling judges whose activities she had reported to the FBI. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 7:31 am
., No. 465 - Civil - 2005 (Luzerne County, November 2, 2007), then Judge Michael T. [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 7:01 pm
Everyone knows it was pretty bad in Luzerne County (Scranton Wilkes-Barre) when the top-heavy courthouse was presided over by Judges Mark A. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 7:58 am
On the morning of Tuesday, September 15, 2009, former Luzerne County Judges Mark A. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 6:02 am
Judges in Corruption Scandal Indicted for Racketeering," provides the latest news on the remarkable case involving two allegedly crooked state juve judges: A federal grand jury has handed down a 48-count indictment against two former Luzerne County, Pa., judges, alleging the men engaged in racketeering and related charges, the U.S. [read post]