Comments on: Don’t https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bored Lawyer https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-165100 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:57:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-165100 Bill: Thanks for posting. But Dkt No. 22 gives more details about what he did, what the bribes were for, etc.

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-165004 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:42:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-165004 The plea agreement is on scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/53369542/United-States-of-America-vs-Abel-Corral-Limas-Plea-Agreement.

]]> By: Bored Lawyer https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164948 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:56:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164948 The reason the briber is not named is because it is not clear from the opinion who did the deed. The plaintiffs are four individuals who claimed they were libeled. One of the defendants is someone who ran for district attorney, and in the process took out an advertisement in the newspapers charging that the incumbent DA had failed to prosecute known child abusers, naming the four as examples. (Don’t you just love politics.) The four sued the newspapers as well as the DA candidate.

I looked up the plea agreement, which was filed in federal court (SDTexas) where the judge was convicted. It does not state the name of the bribers (referring to them as “Person A” and “Person C”) but it does state that they were connected to and acting on behalf of a law firm that had this and other cases before the judge.

Short answer: the lawyers did it.

(If you want to read the plea agreement, you can look it up at the SDTExas website, Case 1:11-cr-00296, Dkt No. 22. Quite a sad tale.)

]]> By: doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164947 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:53:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164947 a link at the bottom of the ABA article has a link to another article that said the judge took money from several people including the local DA.

]]> By: smart dude https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164933 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:09:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164933 Name that party.

]]> By: Bored Lawyer https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164931 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:07:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164931 “Is there any specific reason the story never mentions who bribed the judge?”

The story says that he was bribed to rule a certain way (against the defendants) on a specific motion (to dismiss the case on summary judgment). Sounds like someone associated with the plaintiff did the bribing. Hard to believe someone would bribe a judge on a case in which they have no interest.

]]> By: Waste https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164930 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:50:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164930 Is there any specific reason the story never mentions who bribed the judge? You would think that detail would be kind of important to the story since it was the basis for the decision.

]]> By: Bored Lawyer https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164925 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:35:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164925 $8,000? That’s all you need to bribe a judge in Texas?

]]> By: boblipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/dont-19/comment-page-1/#comment-164920 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:07:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30781#comment-164920 They returned it to the same judge, I hope.

Bob

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