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Obama nominates Judge James Graves, Jr. to Fifth Circuit

I can’t say I’ve made a study of Judge Graves’ overall career as a jurist in the Mississippi state courts, but if his record presiding over the notorious O’Keefe v. Loewen trial is at all typical, his wouldn’t exactly be a name high on my list. [AP/Law.com]

Filed under: Fifth Circuit, judges, Mississippi

  • By Walter Olson
  • June 16, 2010
  • One Comment

One Comment

  • btw, this is off topic, but right up your ally:

    http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202462735273&Law_Firms_Sanctioned_Over_Billionaire_Perelmans_Frivolous_Estate_Claim

    • June 16, 2010 1:35 PM
    • By Aaron Worthing

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