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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Ind. Courts - "East Chicago racketeering case cleared for trial"
Patrick Guinane reports today in the NWI Times in a story that begins:
INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. District Court Judge James Moody cleared the way Friday for the state's protracted civil racketeering lawsuit against former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick to go to trial.Moody dismissed arguments by Pastrick and other defendants, who said the case against them was so weak it shouldn't go to court. But Moody also threw out most of the motions made by Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter, who argued the Pastrick administration displayed an undisputed pattern of corruption that undeniably harmed city taxpayers.
The ruling, which means the four-year-old lawsuit now will move before a jury, elicited applause from both sides of the case and triggered a political challenge in the race for Indiana attorney general.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 28, 2008 01:17 PM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions