BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP Attorneys for prominent Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss criminal contempt charges alleging he ignored a court order to turn over documents related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina.
A defense lawyer told U.S. District Judge C. Roger Vinson that Scruggs hopes to put the Alabama case to rest and concentrate on unrelated federal charges filed in Oxford, Miss., where Scruggs is accused of conspiring to bribe a judge in a dispute over $26.5 million in legal fees.
