Mary Clare Jalonick

March 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A federal judge said Wednesday he wants to resolve a 12-year lawsuit over government mismanagement of American Indian lands this June.In a January decision, U.S. District Judge James Robertson said Interior Department accounting for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders has been "unreasonably delayed" and is ultimately impossible.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

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January 30, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Interior Department has "unreasonably delayed" its accounting for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

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April 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Is corn-based ethanol fuel the wave of the future, creating domestic jobs and vital to the nation's energy supply Or is it a taxpayer boondoggle responsible for higher food pricesFor some in Washington, the answers to those questions have changed.For years, ethanol fuel derived from corn was almost politically untouchable, thanks to powerful advocates on Capitol Hill.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

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July 19, 2011 | Daily Report Online

A year to the day after Shirley Sherrod was ousted from the Agriculture Department, the former government employee is still seeking vindication.On July 19, 2010, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ordered Sherrod's resignation from her job as a Georgia rural development official after learning about a video of Sherrod making supposedly racist remarks.

By Mary Clare Jalonick

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June 25, 2007 | Law.com

Bill Mercer, President Bush's pick to be the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, asked to have his nomination withdrawn Friday, four days before he was to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee -- a bit of timing that isn't sitting well with some Democrats. The nomination's demise points up the difficulty Bush faces as he tries to fill the top ranks of a department wilting under the weight of a Democratic-led congressional investigation into whether the White House, in effect, runs the agency.

By Mary Clare Jalonick

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September 09, 2010 | Law.com

The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business. Stewart Parnell, former president of the now-bankrupt Peanut Corp. of America, is working as a consultant to peanut companies as the federal government's criminal investigation against him has languished for more than 18 months, The Associated Press has learned.

By Mary Clare Jalonick

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March 20, 2007 | Law.com

A Wyoming rancher should be allowed to sue individual federal workers for harassment and retaliation under federal racketeering law, the rancher's lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. The Bureau of Land Management, represented by the Department of Justice, argued that there is no precedent for such lawsuits under current law and thus their employees are immune from them. The justices questioned whether allowing the suit to proceed would flood the legal system with similar lawsuits.

By Mary Clare Jalonick

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August 10, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wyoming's Richard Honaker may never become a federal judge.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

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March 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

A Wyoming rancher should be allowed to sue individual federal workers for harassment and retaliation under federal racketeering law, the rancher's lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. The Bureau of Land Management, represented by the Department of Justice, argued that there is no precedent for such lawsuits under current law and thus their employees are immune from them. The justices questioned whether allowing the suit to proceed would flood the legal system with similar lawsuits.

By Mary Clare Jalonick

3 minute read