Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Litigation Blogs -> How Appealing

Litigation

: How Appealing

"Judges appear cool to Black appeal; Media baron didn't steal, attorney says"

"Judges appear cool to Black appeal; Media baron didn't steal, attorney says": The Chicago Tribune today contains an article that begins, "Conrad Black's hopes of getting his criminal convictions overturned were dimmed Thursday as his attorney received a highly skeptical reception from a panel of three judges at the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."

Today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail contains an article headlined "Appeal judges in Black case pepper lawyers with tough questions" that begins, "Under other circumstances Conrad Black would probably relish meeting Judge Richard Posner. Judge Posner, 69, has been on the Seventh Circuit Appeal Court in Chicago for nearly 30 years and he is considered one of the top legal minds in the United States. He's best known for his free-market approach to analyzing the law and he has written more than 30 books and 300 articles on topics ranging from sex and pornography to aging, health care, AIDS, politics, literature and medieval Iceland. He writes more legal opinions annually than any other appellate judge in the United States, teaches at the University of Chicago and has a blog with a Nobel-prize-winning economist (his latest post discussed the merits of paying children to go to school)."

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that "Conrad Black's attorneys face tough grilling."

The Toronto Star reports that "Court hears Black appeal; Hearing one of Conrad Black's last chances to topple fraud convictions."

And The Associated Press reports that "Black's attorneys tell court his trial wasn't fair."

If you'd like to hear Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner tangle with attorney Andrew L. Frey -- and frankly who wouldn't -- you can download the audio of yesterday's oral argument via this link (13.7MB mp3 audio file).

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).