Posted on 07/16/2009 2:26:31 PM PDT by kristinn
The following letter was confirmed to me by Mr. Greenberg with the following statement:
"The letter was sent to Senators Sessions, Hatch, Grassley, Graham and Coburn. It was also sent to Cong. Peter King (R) NY. The story is being covered extensively by the photo blogs, the trade publications and the NY Times. No politician has responded. The NY Times quotes attributed to me are accurate and therefore I assume that the quotes of my adversary Mr. Fairhurst are accurate as well."
Text of the letter:
I am an attorney in NYC who represented White House Photographer Chris Usher in litigation against Corbis, a privately held company wholly owned by Bill Gates. The case principally concerned lost Presidential and campaign photography during the 2000 Bush v. Gore Campaign and the US Supreme Court case related thereto.We won at the trial level in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York but the award to the victorious plaintiff was absurdly low.
We appealed to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals where the award was inexplicably upheld. The New York Times reported on this high profile case today, please see:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/behind-6/
It was revealed therein by opposing counsel hat Judge Sotomayor and Mr. Gates’ counsel have known and (possibly worked with) each other for decades. Such relationship was never disclosed to me as plaintiff’s attorney by the Court. No opportunity for us to request that Judge Sotomayor recuse herself was afforded as this information was never disclosed.
The appearance of impropriety is astounding as Judge Sotomayor could have recused herself and we could have had another Appeals Panel within days.
Please contact me so that this apparently unethical judicial behavior is brought to the attention of the judiciary committee immediately.
Edward C. Greenberg, Esq.
contact info redacted
I'm sorry to be blunt, but that's just flat-out wrong. There are numerous categories of "relationships" between judge's and attorneys, and many, if not most, of them require no disclosure. That's how it works.
If you don't believe me, go down the the local courthouse, federal or state, and ask around.
Bingo. Go to the head of the class, grasshopper.
This isn’t the scandal you’re looking for. You’re free to go about your business.
This is what we've all come to know about what we're up against...we must return and resurrect, principle, ethics and professionalism in this nation. Another area that reeks to high heaven is journalism - of course.
She’s a RAT. RATs need not have ethics; it’s not expected of them.
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This is true...but it’s the biggest crockful of crap ever distributed...how in the world can we have allowed the RATs this sort of advantage? I say kill the enemedia for having jumped in Pravda bed with their ‘dahlings.’
“The gutless GOP will say a word about this.”
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Any signs of life over there? Any word when they’ll actually have some guts, or grow a spine, or grow a set, or care??
“The Dems are too corrupt to care and the Repubs are too wimpy to fight back.”
Afternoon winner!
it IS a bombshell, but it will be a dud in the hands of these cowardly bstrds.
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When, oh Lord, when? How long must we wait (for the Republicans to grow a backbone?)
It's not that the judge knew an attorney. The judge knew and was friends with a principle litigant of a case in which she was acting as an appellate judge. At minimum, she should have disclosed the relationship giving plaintiff's counsel the opportunity to object. I think most lawyers would agree that as a practical matter, she should have recused herself.
Thanks for the feedback. Nothing more to report right now.
This is a weak covering maneuver saying ‘pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, don't vote me out of office...’ ARGH!
Fight back for what? Obama's next nominee who would somehow be a conservative crowd pleaser? Please. She's one Demmy replacing another. It ain't going to get any more acceptable than that.
“Maybe we couild have a Tea Party with drinks and dancing and stop this.”
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OK indy, how would you organize average Joes like us for opposition?
bttt
Is this the Coke can?
“This little trick gets used on Republicans all the time. They should get a dose of their own medicine.”
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Good point and a few libs too...however the libs now can be tax cheats and all kinds of stuff...they can take illegal contributions...they can commit voter fraud...none of it matters in the current imbroglio..
I am a white male and hate the black and hispanic racists that oppress me and force me to take my second class citizenship. It is fascism and must be eliminated.
Let us all take steps within the law to end this fascism now. Rise up and throw off our chains. Let people know that the king has no clothes and that fascism such as racial preferences must be eliminated, within the law of course.
Sotomayor’s demeanor and actions seem to be exremely chilling and partisan!
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Sooprise, soooprise...another activist RAT judge...
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