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Edmund Dinis (2010)
(Associated Press) By MARK PRATT Associated Press Writer BOSTON Edmund Dinis, the former prosecutor whose political career sputtered after he oversaw the grand jury investigation into the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's involvement in the Chappaquiddick case, has died. He was 85. Dinis, who championed causes important to Portuguese-Americans throughout his life, died of natural...
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Florence Marie Cooper, 69 (1940 - 2010)
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES – U.S. District Court Judge Florence Marie Cooper, whose reputation for brilliance and fairness made her a star of the federal judiciary, died Friday of lymphoma. She was 69. Cooper, who rose from a legal secretary to judgeships in state and federal courts, died at a Santa Monica hospital where she was being treated, Chief Judge...
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Percy Sutton, 89 (1920 - 2009)
(Associated Press) By CRISTIAN SALAZAR Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson, confirmed that Sutton died Saturday. She did not know the cause. His...
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Morris Lasker, 92 (1917 - 2009)
(Associate Press) NEW YORK - Morris Lasker, the judge who sentenced Ivan Boesky to prison in a 1980s insider trading scandal and helped eliminate horrid conditions in New York City jails, has died. He was 92. His son, Timothy Lasker of Chilmark, said Lasker died Friday in Cambridge, Mass., from cancer. A private graveside service was held Sunday, and a memorial was being planned for the...
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Michelle Triola Marvin (1933 - 2009)
By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES Michelle Triola Marvin, who waged a landmark palimony case against former lover actor Lee Marvin of "The Dirty Dozen" fame, died Friday at age 76. She underwent surgery for lung cancer last year and died at the Malibu home of actor Dick Van Dyke, her partner of 30 years, said family spokesman Bob Palmer. Michelle Marvin's birth...
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John O'Quinn (2009)
HOUSTON (AP) - Flamboyant lawyer John O'Quinn, who won billions in verdicts against makers of breast implants, pharmaceuticals and tobacco products, died Thursday in a traffic wreck. He was 68...
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Raymond Brown, 94 (1915 - 2009)
NEWARK, N.J. (Associated Press) - Raymond A. Brown, a veteran New Jersey defense lawyer whose high-profile clients included former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, has died. He was 94. Brown,...
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Paul Bloom (2009)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Paul Bloom, a longtime New Mexico water rights attorney who served as a special counsel in the Energy Department under President Jimmy Carter, died Oct. 9 of pancreatic...
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Judge Jerry Buchmeyer (1933 - 2009)
DALLAS (Associated Press) - Retired U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, who spent nearly 30 years on the federal bench and presided over a Dallas housing discrimination case, died Monday. He was...
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Danny Pang (2009)
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Robert H. Miller (2009)
TOPEKA, Kan. (Associated Press) -- Robert H. Miller, a former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice, died Thursday. He was 90. The court said Miller died at a Topeka hospital, but that the family...
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Peter Baird (2009)
PHOENIX - Peter Baird, an attorney who argued several high-profile cases during a 43-year career, died Thursday. He was 68. Baird died of acute lymphatic leukemia, said Joe McGarry, a senior...
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Margaret Bush Wilson, 90 (1919 - 2009)
ST. LOUIS - Pioneering civil rights lawyer Margaret Bush Wilson, a former national chair of the NAACP, died Tuesday. She was 90. She died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital of multiple organ failure,...
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Justice Wade Hopping, 77 (1931 - 2009)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Wade Hopping, who became one of the state's most prominent lobbyists, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke and esophageal cancer,...
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Judge Rodney Webb, 74 (1935 - 2009)
FARGO, N.D. - U.S. District Judge Rodney Webb, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan to the federal bench in North Dakota in 1987, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 74. Webb...
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Judge Robert M. Takasugi, 78 (1930 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Robert M. Takasugi, who was sent to an internment camp with his family during World War II and overcame discrimination to become the first Japanese-American...
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Jim Ingram (2009)
Jackson, MI - Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who helped state and federal officials reopen long-dormant investigations of killings from Mississippi's violent civil rights era, has died. He was 77. ...
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Dr. Howard Engle, 89 (1919 - 2009)
MIAMI - Dr. Howard Engle, the Miami Beach pediatrician whose tobacco lawsuit resulted in the largest punitive damage award in U.S. history, has died at age 89. Engle's attorney Stanley...
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Maurice Grimaud (2009)
PARIS — Maurice Grimaud, who as Paris police chief played a key role in avoiding major bloodshed during France's student uprising in May 1968, has died. He was 95. Grimaud died July 16,...
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Allen Sharp (1932 - 2009)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Allen Sharp, a U.S. District judge appointed by President Nixon in 1973 and who served as chief judge from 1981 to 1996, died Friday. He was 77. The federal district court...
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Judge Andree Layton Roaf, 68 (1941 - 2009)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Judge Andree Layton Roaf, the first black woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court, has died after losing consciousness in her Little Rock office. She was 68. Pulaski...
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Robinson Everett, 81 (1928 - 2009)
DURHAM, N.C. - Robinson Everett, a Duke University law professor who spent nearly 10 years challenging the way North Carolina's congressional districts were drawn, died Friday. He was 81. ...
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Jerry Rosenberg (2009)
ALBANY, N.Y. - Jerry Rosenberg, a convicted cop killer who became a tireless jailhouse lawyer and a negotiator during the bloody Attica prison riot, died Monday. He was 72. He died of natural...
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Susan B. Jordan, 67 (1941 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Susan B. Jordan, an activist lawyer who represented high-profile clients such as Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson, died in a plane crash. She was 67. Jordan of...
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Kenneth Kahn (2009)
LOS ANGELES - Kenneth Kahn, a criminal defense attorney with a side career as a comedian, known for his work with high-profile clients such as Larry Flynt, has died. He was 66. The recently...
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Judge James B. Moran (1930 - 2009)
CHICAGO - U.S. District Judge James B. Moran who served for three decades on the federal bench in Chicago died Tuesday. He was 78. Moran died after a long illness, said his son John Moran, of...
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Carol Jean Vigil, 61 (1947 - 2009)
Tesuque Pueblo, N.M. (AP) _ Carol Jean Vigil, the first Native American woman to be elected as a state district judge in the United States, died Friday. She was 61. Vigil died in her sleep at...
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Joseph Paul Albright, 70 (1938 - 2009)
Charleston, W.Va. - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright, a former House of Delegates speaker who became the most consistent anchor for the high court's opinions, has died. He...
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Judge Reginald Lindsay (1945 - 2009)
BOSTON - U.S. District Judge Reginald Lindsay, who found the FBI liable for the deaths of three men killed by fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, has died. He was 63. Lindsay died Thursday...
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Lloyd Sullenberger, 68 (1940 - 2009)
RICHMOND, Va.- Lloyd Sullenberger, a retired Virginia circuit court judge who stayed the execution of a man convicted of murder who was later exonerated, has died. He was 68. ...
