Scruggs trial on bribery conspiracy charge delayed - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial for powerful plaintiffs attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs on charges he conspired to influence a Mississippi judge to obtain a favorable ruling.
U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr., during a hearing in Oxford Wednesday, agreed to move the trial date from February 25th to March 31st.
The alleged conspiracy came in a dispute over $26.5 million in legal fees from Hurricane Katrina litigation. It is one of two cases swirling around Scruggs and other politically connected attorneys involving allegations they attempted to illegally influence judges.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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