Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Bid-Rigging Trial Gets Indefinite Delay
A $130 million bid-rigging trial which was set to begin Tuesday (today) has been indefinitely delayed. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves stepped down last week from the case involving former Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert, road contractor Leonard Lawson and aide Brian Billings. Reeves recused himself, citing a potential conflict of interest. Two other judges, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell and U.S. District Judge Joseph Hood were assigned to the case but recused themselves due to conflicts of interest. U.S. District Judge Karl Forester has now been assigned to the case.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:12 AM 
