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13 Feb 2014, 3:36 am
He'll go to prison, for up to 20 years, CNN reports, quoting a local lawyer who says the trial was "too painful actually to watch," because Nagin "did a belly flop" and "just looked terrible," taking the stand in his own defense after the prosecutors had "just swamped him," with the businessmen — who'd already pleaded guilty — testifying about paying the bribes. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 2:17 pm by Steve Clowney
Ray Nagin announced, “Anyone caught looting in New Orleans will... [read post]
1 Mar 2008, 6:55 am
This 120-foot long and 30-foot wide tent filled with double-decker bunk beds will offer only meals and overnight stays to about 120 people.Frustrated with an encampment near the French Quarter, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has decided to force homeless people into a military-style barrack.Concerned about the plan, the federal government's "homeless czar" said he will ask Nagin to consider longer-term approaches to the problem. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 8:00 am
Here is a quote from New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin in a recent USA Today article titled "$700M in federal aid finally flowing to New Orleans:" Construction on jails, police and fire stations, playgrounds, theaters and mixed-income housing developments — all battered by the 2005 floods — has started or will start this year, as public federal funds finally were unleashed from bureaucratic tangles, Mayor Ray Nagin… [read post]
28 Aug 2005, 6:52 am
[JURIST] Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the entire US city of New Orleans (population 484,674) evacuated Sunday in advance of the anticipated Gulf Coast landfall Monday morning of Hurricane Katrina [Wikipedia backgrounder], currently described by the National Weather Service as a "potentially catastrophic" Category-5 storm packing winds of nearly 175 miles per hour [NWS advisory; NWS Saffir-Simpson [read post]
8 Aug 2006, 12:07 am
[JURIST] New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin [official website] Monday announced an overhaul of the criminal justice system in the city which was severely affected [PBS report] by Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] last year. [read post]
14 Aug 2007, 3:20 am
Ray Nagin,  the Orleans Parish School Board and Superintendent Darryl Kilbert, as well as unidentified insurance companies. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 4:52 am
Ray Nagin asks for $77 billion (only $1 billion for infrastructure) in claim; traffic jam outside of courthouse as lawyers rush to file Katrina claims against Army Corps of Engineers. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 8:17 am
The New Orleans Times-Picayune says that prominent business leaders met with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to craft an exit strategy for the beleaguered prosecutor that involved arranging a soft landing in a private sector job. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 8:06 pm
Ray Nagin’s vow to discontinue funding the full contract of sanitation services in the French Quarter. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 6:19 am by Rachel, Law Clerk
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, July 16, 2014:The Laws of 2014 FIFA World Cup – SlawGoogle+ apologizes and rescinds real-name requirement for users Judge urged to preserve accounts of residential school survivors - CTV News BarrieConvicted Ex-Mayor Ray Nagin Files Appeal John Wayne's Heirs Are Suing Duke University for the Right to Make 'Duke' BourbonAboriginal title’s true meaning: billable hours Michael… [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 7:34 pm
People outside the state are puzzled, as they were last summer when New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin was reelected. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 10:18 am
Mayor Ray Nagin's recent over-the-top forecast of the "mother of all storms" and threats to send looters "directly to the big house" (without a trial? [read post]
3 May 2010, 7:44 am by Ernie Svenson
 I started my first blog right when Ray Nagin was first elected mayor of New Orleans. [read post]
31 Aug 2008, 2:34 am
Mayor Ray Nagin just came on the TV and told us that Gustav is 'the mother of all storms' and that it is likely that there will be significant flooding on the Westbank of New Orleans. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 5:30 am by Jordan Rothman
[Houston Chronicle] * Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is the latest high-profile figure to be released from prison early because of COVID-19. [read post]