Legal Opinion
United States v. James Harvey Brown, Also Known as Jim Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2000No. 00-30134PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant James Harvey “Jim” Brown (Brown), a prominent Louisiana political figure, is currently under indictment in the Middle District of Louisiana on various charges relating to the brokering of an alleged “sham” settlement of a threatened lawsuit by the State of Louisiana against the president of a failed automobile insurance company. The district court sua sponte entered a gag order that prohibits attorneys, parties, or witnesses from discussing with “any public communications media” anything about the case “which could interfere with a fair trial,”…
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