Federal judges from Gulf Coast forced to try cases elsewhere
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Oct 28, 2005 05:09 AM
KATC.com
JACKSON, Miss. Federal judges from devastated areas of the Gulf Coast are moving their trials inland to avoid a massive backlog of cases that were put on hold by Hurricane Katrina.
U-S District Courts in Mississippi and in New Orleans were damaged by the August 29th storm. The court buildings could soon be repaired, but court officials say drawing a jury pool from a devastated community is all but impossible. The problem is made worse by flooding at many private law offices, which destroyed files that could take months to replace.
Source: http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4041044
