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The Keller Saga

By Steve Hall

"Taxpayers not liable for Keller's legal fees, court says," is the title of Chuck Lindell's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. Clearing up confusion in its dismissal of an ethics rebuke against Judge Sharon Keller, a special court of review has issued an order that no longer makes taxpayers liable for Keller's legal costs. The court's original Oct. 11 order said Keller could recoup legal costs from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct ? estimated by her lawyer to be "in the six figures" but probably less than $1 million. State law, however, specifies that attorney fees cannot be awarded in judicial conduct proceedings. The new order deletes the reference. The commission had reprimanded Keller for violating her duty as a judge by closing the Court of Criminal Appeals to a late execution-day appeal in 2007...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).