It used to be so good between us, and then… he changed.
It seems that no one had really noticed that the Wilson v. Scruggs case was still open and ready for action, and so the motion to recuse filed by Wilson’s lawyers may have come as a surprise to many.
“Many” here would probably include the lawyers who once represented Scruggs who are still of counsel in the case and have never done anything to withdraw from it. Many have recently filed Motions to Withdraw.
So many possible titles for this post came through my mind. “It’s been fun, guys, but we’re outta here!” and “Let my people go!” for instance. But the obvious winner comes from this sentence in Johnny Jones’s motion to withdraw as counsel for Dickie Scruggs: “Irreconcilable differences have been developed between Counsel and the Scruggs Defendants.”
Is this a divorce petition? Shouldn’t it be filed in Chancery Court? It does help us understand Jones’s take on this in his coversations with Jerry Mitchell, reported in Sunday’s paper.
NMC
March 18, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Excellent title. I wonder why Jack’s motion to withdraw was filed by his son’s firm.
March 18, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Maybe Ed Peters will enter an appearance.
March 18, 2008 at 3:13 pm
And Trent Lott (JD, University of Mississippi, 1967).
March 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Both of counsel with the firm Kicken & Screemon?
March 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Deltanative// some ole gentleman called talk radio this morning and ask” you won’t to know where ed peters is hid out” and of course the host said yea…he’s hid out at his fishing cabin down in Louisanna….Don”cha Just Know It….
March 18, 2008 at 3:35 pm
“He’s hid out at his fishin’ cabin down in Louisiana.”
That’s the quote of the day for me, Magnolia.
And he’s probably playin’ poker with the FBI guys, just like Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather, Part II.
March 18, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Dragoman, I’m thinking he hasn’t yet struck a deal.
March 18, 2008 at 3:38 pm
He’s just hid out, huh?
March 18, 2008 at 3:39 pm
That’s what Dragoman said, NMC, “probably playin’ poker with the
FBIDoJ guys” . . .March 18, 2008 at 4:02 pm
With bluffs being made and called.
March 18, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Naw, he’s just hanging with his buddy, Big Mouth Billy Bass. They’re just having a sing along.
March 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm
He be playin’ bouray if he in looziana…and takin dem to da cleaners
March 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm
and takin dem to da cleaners (oh to edit again…
March 18, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Zat’s too good not to fix for ya, cha. Leetle lagniappe.
March 18, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Thanks,cher….also misspelled bouree’
March 18, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Speaking of “him” changing, did you see what Bro in law Trent’s up to these days?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23696642/
March 18, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Just a note: U.S. Attorney John Hailman (of the Northern District) is speaking at Millsaps College tonight as part of the Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series. He’ll be talking about his new book “Thomas Jefferson on Wine,” but will also entertain questions about the Scruggs matter.
So if any of you Jacksonians are interested, the thing kicks off at 7:30 and tickets are $10 at the door.
March 18, 2008 at 5:34 pm
ed do lub his fishin now; jes ask breeland ’bout that eagle lake hideout.
March 18, 2008 at 5:34 pm
i mean ” ’bout dat eagle lake hideout.”
March 18, 2008 at 5:36 pm
He be hidin’ out wit Jan-Michael Vincent, too, huh?
March 18, 2008 at 5:41 pm
i let my cajun slip up there, sorry. where be jan-michael? is he staying by ed’s hideout down ‘thar?
March 18, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Jan-Michael be laid up over there to Eagle Lake wit some ol’ gal. They say he don’t have no truck wit de locals, but a big man like Mista Ed Peters - well, he might come around den.
March 18, 2008 at 5:54 pm
“Clashing Egos” or “War Of the Roses” might have been good titles, too.
Are lawyers the worst clients? Aside from murderous drug lords, at least?
March 18, 2008 at 5:54 pm
so true, so true.
March 18, 2008 at 5:59 pm
nmc: we may need a bill of particulars from jones. what gave rise to the “irreconcilable differences?” the bribe to delaughter that joey described in his guilty plea? dickie’s failure to pay jones in the Katrina matter? or the attempted bribe on Lackey? before this divorce is granted we need to know the particulars behind the “irreconcilable differences” charge.
March 18, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Lawyers are the worst clients. Murderous drug lords may kill you, but a lawyer-client can easily spend three hours boring you with his opinions about how to proceed with his or her case.
March 18, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I been hearin’ bout some pretty wil’ fais-do-dos by ol’ Ed’s Eagle Lake place ovah yondah. Doan know if ol’ Jan-Michael, he be up to sich carryin’s on no mo’. Mmmh. Jes’ doan know, confounded an’ Dragoman. Whatchall reckon?
March 18, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Oh, yeah, lotus - dat ol’ Jan-Michael, he got plenny wild oats lef to sow! And dat Eagle Lake - dat jes de place to sow ‘em!
March 18, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Dragoman, I sho know yer right on that secon’ part, but I ain’t so sho bout the firs’.
See, t’other day whoever-dat-was sent me dat stuff bout ol’ Jan-Michael stayin’ by Eagle Lake dese days — well, dat pusson also sent ‘long a picture of J-M too (cain’t remember where that wuz, sorry). Boy lookin mighty rough — all stove-in and puff-adder-faced — dese days. Doan know but what he play time be ovah. Dat’s what it look like, anyways.
March 18, 2008 at 7:07 pm
If you wonder what being John Michael Vincent and having been “rode hard and put up wet” means to your health take a glimpse at this.
http://tinyurl.com/2bk4aw
‘Cept for the grace of the good Lord above…