Judge to colleagues: you can't sanction me
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Federal judge John H. McBryde contends that sanctions levied against him diminish his status as an Art III judge and that Congress, according to the Constitution, is the only body empowered to do that. McBryde is questioning the constitutionality of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, which created a framework for federal judges to investigate and try to rehabilitate their peers.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Want big bucks? Try with a jury. Judges found more plaintiff-prone, less generous in awards
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Plaintiffs pursuing civil suits should try their cases before a judge rather than a jury for the best chance of winning, while those looking for the best shot at a jackpot award should go with a jury.The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics reached this conclusion studying the civil trials in state courts in 1992.Various other statistical conclusions in the report are given.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1999
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Thailand pot case has feds' faces red; stalls after stormy extradition in 1996
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Defense attorneys for accused Thai drug trafficker Thanong Siriprechapong, who faces a life sentence for allegedly helping smuggle marijuana from Thailand to the US between 1973 and 1987, claim that his indictment is tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. The government claims that the incorrect information the grand jury received pales beside the untainted evidence.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1999
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