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Judge Moses to Decide Standing Issue in Ex-Judge Jones Related RICO Case

Roughly one month after deciding a bankruptcy judge should determine whether a former CEO can proceed with his lawsuit alleging he was the victim of a conspiracy carried out in proceedings before former bankruptcy judge David Jones, a federal judge changed her mind this week. 

In an order issued March 6, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Alia Moses, shipped the case to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez in the Southern District of Texas so he could determine whether former Bouchard Transportation Company CEO Morton S. Bouchard III had derivative standing to pursue his lawsuit against Jones, Dallas-based Jackson Walker, the firm’s former bankruptcy partner Elizabeth Freeman and Kirkland & Ellis. 

Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady is based in Houston and covers litigation and appeals — including trials, breaking news and industry trends — for The Texas Lawbook.

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