As we noted Apr. 15, Griffin Bell, who served as U.S. Attorney General in the Carter Administration, called last week for a federal law enforcement probe into the handling of asbestos litigation by the courts of Madison County, Ill. What happened next: state court judge Nicholas Byron (more: Mar. 24, Apr. 4-6, Apr. 30, 2003), who presides over Madison County’s asbestos docket, declared that lawyers from King & Spalding, the big Atlanta-based law firm with which Bell is associated, would be unwelcome in his courtroom. Reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “A lawyer who was before Byron Friday morning said that Byron twice told a capacity crowd of lawyers in his courtroom for an asbestos lawsuit hearing that he was barring King & Spalding. The lawyer, who asked not to be identified, said Byron asked, ‘Is anyone here from the Atlanta firm of King & Spalding? I’m banning them from practicing in the county.’ ‘He clearly wasn’t joking,’ the lawyer said.” Bell, who served for many years as a federal judge before becoming Attorney General, appears to have taken the news in stride: “He can debar all the defense lawyers, but then again, he’d run into the constitutional problem that you are allowed to have a lawyer of your choice.” “Bell, 85, said that his firm does not handle asbestos litigation and to his knowledge had no cases in Madison County. ‘I don’t know that we would have lost anything by being barred anyway,’ Bell said. ‘If Judge Byron feels that way, I doubt he would give us a fair hearing.'” (Paul Hampel and Trisha Howard, “Criticism of court leads to ban on Atlanta law firm”, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 17).
It’s a mad, mad, mad Madison County
As we noted Apr. 15, Griffin Bell, who served as U.S. Attorney General in the Carter Administration, called last week for a federal law enforcement probe into the handling of asbestos litigation by the courts of Madison County, Ill. What happened next: state court judge Nicholas Byron (more: Mar. 24, Apr. 4-6, Apr. 30, 2003), […]
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Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Don’t Give Me None of that there Constitutional Law Mumbo Jumbo
STLtoday – News – Metro East Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas G. Byron on Friday barred anyone representing the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell from his courtroom in Edwardsville, according to attorneys there Friday. On Wedne…
Madison County asbestos: the beginning of the end?
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Stack has replaced Nicholas Byron (Overlawyered Apr. 22, May 4) as the “chief asbestos judge” in the county, and his first decision involved a lawsuit brought by Paul Palmer Sr., a Louisiana resident, against…