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Sidney Fitzwater

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Ex-UNT Prof's "Indecipherable" Discrimination, Retaliation Suit Gets Tossed With Prejudice

    Tiffiney Barfield-Cottledge, formerly a criminal justice professor at UNT Dallas, filed a handwritten, pro se civil rights suit against the University of North Texas in 2010 for discrimination and retaliation after she didn't get picked for a few faculty positions, allegedly because she's black. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    UNT Prof's Discrimination Suit Might Get Tossed ... For Going After Wrong School

    ​In a 2010 lawsuit filed in federal court, Dr. Tiffiney Barfield-Cottledge claimed the University of North Texas lobbed her application for a faculty position into the dustbin because she's black. And because they were retaliating against her for allegedly griping to the media. In recompense, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Head of Pot Distribution "Conspiracy" That Included Ex-Cowboy Gets 24 Years in Prison

    University of Notre DameBob Davie, then coach at Notre Dame, with a freshman Kurt Vollers back in '97 ​In April 2009, John Patrick Newton was arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents for growing, storing and selling marijuana out of an apartment on N. MacArthur Boulevard inIrving. Said t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    A Year After Dallas Federal Judge Booted SEC's Case Against Mark Cuban, It Lives Again

    Sam Merten​In July 2009, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's complaint that Mark Cuban violated insider-trading laws when, in 2004, he sold off $750,000 in Mamma.com stock. Cuban, of course, poo-poohed the claim when originally brought by the SEC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Dallas Gang Leader, Drug Dealer and Apparent Exotic Animal Lover Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

    We're thinking the kiddos at Pinkston High School weren't having a tough time getting high last year. (The markers are streets where drug houses were located.)​Tyrone Weatherall, the 35-year-old leader of the "West Side Gator Boys," pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Biz Briefs: Judge Allows Cuban to Go After Feds; Gulfstream Breaks One Love Field Lease

    ​Back in July, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater told the Securities and Exchange Commission that, sorry, but its complaint against Mark Cuban was getting tossed. The SEC, of course, accused the Mavs owner of violating insider-trading laws in 2004 by selling off $750,000 in Mamma.com stock; Fit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    U.S. District Judge Fitzwater Dismisses SEC's Insider Trading Case Against Mark Cuban

    This morning, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's complaint that Mark Cuban violated insider-trading laws in 2004, when he sold off $750,000 in Mamma.com stock. Why the heave-ho? You know what, just read the judge's opinion and order for yourself, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Fake Local Attorney Looking at Real Federal Prison Time For Securities Fraud

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 24, 2008

    Reikyu Sushi is a Hip Hibachi

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    This Just In: Judge Refuses to Toss Circulation Suit Against The Dallas Morning News

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2007

    Greg Brady Owes SEC $8.3 Million, But Still Gets To Keep Room in Attic

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2006

    Gets Your Circulation Going

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2006

    Belo the Belt

    In July 2008, federal authorities arrested a Carrollton man named Joseph Kelly Lara, whom the feds had accused of creating a phony name (Nick DeAngelis Mancuso) and a fake job (securities attorney and investment professional), which he then used to sell securities (including Google stock) he claimed ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Right Hand of God

    Two Texas leaders of the extreme Religious Right get ready to flex their political muscle

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Hold That Five Mil'

    City Hall settles big suits with your tax money

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Black, white, and blue

    Dallas' African-American cops say they are being unfairly disciplined by a racist department. The numbers suggest they're right.

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Equal work, unequal pay

    Two former Dallas prosecutors say that's what they suffered

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Prison sweet prison

    Horace Caraker doesn't belong in federal prison. But he likes it there, and he'll threaten a president if it means going back.

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Choosing sides

    The race for judge in Dallas' domestic-violence court raises questions of bias

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    Playing Hardball

    The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

  • News

    June 27, 1996

    Buzz

    The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

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