An interesting case to keep an eye on this a.m. in 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's courtroom: Amanda Ward v. ACS State and Local Solutions Inc., in which a local attorney has taken Affiliated Computer Services to court for mailing to the house a traffic ticket the attorney says is no danged good. Says the plaintiff, Dallas-based ACS -- which is getting more than $13 million from the city to run the red-light cameras -- can't actually do any law enforcing since, well, it's not a la
First thing yesterday we noted 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's ruling in the red-light camera case in which a plaintiff claimed Affiliated Computer Services doesn't have the legal right to act as a law-enforcement agency. This morning, we received a statement from Frank Librio, spokesperson for the City of Dallas, concerning the judge's order agreeing with the plaintiff -- and why it doesn't apply to the city.The City of Dallas is not a party to the Amanda Ward v. ACS State and Lo
One more follow-up to the red-light camera ruling: Moments ago, Kevin Lightfoot, vice president of corporate communications for Affiliated Computer Services, shot us his company's statement concerning 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's order of November 19. Lightfoot also provides an update concerning further legal doings in Smith's courtroom in coming days, because this thing's far from over. His statement is after the jump. --Robert Wilonsky
Yesterday, shortly after State District Judge Craig Smith reaffirmed his earlier ruling that Affiliated Computer Services's red-light cameras violate a state law requiring an investigations license, I e-mailed Kevin Lightfoot, ACS's veep of corporate communications, for a comment. This is what he said: "Essentially, nothing is finalized in this case and we look forward to resolving this issue when the judge is expected to rule on this in February. The Judge is still reconsidering his earlier rul
