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Deferring Discovery

By K.C. Johnson

It perhaps should surprise few that the civil cases would be as peculiar as was the criminal case. First came Duke's peculiar (and unsuccessful) motion demanding that the judge shut down the dukelawsuit.com website?even though the website only had links to case events and documents, while Duke itself hosted a website containing President Brodhead's official statement linking the plaintiffs to racism and the legacy of rape. Then came Linwood Wilson?acting as his own attorney?calling on the court to disqualify Bill Thomas from the case. The act seemed less like a legal maneuver than payback for the fact that Thomas consistently and effectively stood up for due process during Mike Nifong's 2006 reign of terror. Now comes the latest filing of Duke and Durham?a plea to the court that they be allowed to defer discovery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).