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- Jackson Firefighters Association Local 87, J.D. Wright, Johnny Bass, Larry Iles and Jim Gilliland, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Jackson, Mississippi, a Municipal Corporation, Dale Danks, Mayor of the City of Jackson, Nielson Cochran, Fred Johnson, Commissioners of the City of Jackson, Individually and in Their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees. No. 83-4749. Summary Calendar., 736 F.2d 209 (5th Cir. 1984)
Cupit & Maxey, John L. Maxey, II, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Timmie Hancock, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.
Appeal from th...
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ARKANSAS
Watershed gets $1.2 million
...Dale Danks, the attorney for Jackson Water, said at thi...
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That is, until [Frank Melton] took office, he said. "We finally have someone cleaning up the community, and all you hear about are the negative things," he said. "We need the international news in here so people outside of Mississippi know what's really going on here," [Donnie Finley] added.
There was a group who didn't want this man to be mayor," he said, "and that's where all the trouble comes from.
Jackson City spokesperson Tyrone Lewis said that support for Melton, who remains closely monitored in the hospital, is overwhelming. "We have heard from well-wishers from all over the country," he stated. "Many say they are not pleased with his treatment by the judicial system."
...Lead defense attorney, Dale Danks, Jr. could not be reached for comment. Colon...
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MADISON - A former Mississippi congressman and a youth soccer coach have dropped assault complaints against each other after a scuffle last month.
Ex-congressman Chip Pickering and coach Chris Hester accused each other of simple assault after a Dec. 6 soccer game for 10- and 11- year-old boys. Pickering's son was playing Hester's team.
...Municipal Judge Dale Danks Tuesday agreed to a request from both men to...
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CLEVELAND - Ervin Santana pitched the first solo no-hitter for the Angels in nearly 27 years, getting some long overdue revenge against the Cleveland Indians and leading Los Angeles to a 3-1 win Wednesday.
Santana struck out and 10 and allowed only two runners - there was an error on the leadoff batter in the first inning and a walk in the eighth. Just once was Santana's gem in jeopardy and second baseman Howie Kendrick's nifty play saved it in the sixth.
...John Danks (4-8) struck out a career-high 10 in six-plus inni..., CB Bucknor; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Jerry Meals. T-3:14. A-24,186 (49,58...
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Pieter Teeuwissen (argued), Dale Danks, Jr. (argued), Danks, Simon & Teeuwissen, Ja...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mayor Frank Melton and two police bodyguards used sticks and sledgehammers to destroy a duplex the mayor considered a "crack house," witnesses told jurors Tuesday in the opening day of testimony in the trial of the mayor and officers.
Melton, a tough-talking former television executive elected on a platform of rooting out the city's crime problems, faces five felony charges in the attack on the duplex last August.
..."They tore the house down.". Former Mayor Dale Danks, one of Melton's attorneys, said during open...
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MADISON - A former congressman who faces a misdemeanor assault charge after a fight with a youth-league soccer coach says he's willing to resolve the issue outside of a courtroom.
Former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering and Chris Hester, a nurse who was wearing a neck brace at the time of the incident, each posted $500 bonds on simple assault charges Wednesday, stemming from a scrap after a weekend soccer match.
... turned their report in to Municipal Judge Dale Danks Tuesday, and Danks issued the arrest warrant...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mayor Frank Melton, who has been accused of being too heavy-handed in fighting crime, was indicted Friday on charges he directed young people to use sledgehammers to smash up a home where he suspected drugs were being used.
The charges included malicious mischief, home burglary and carrying a gun on school property. Prosecutors said convictions on all charges would carry up to 50 years in prison.
...Melton's attorney, former Jackson Mayor Dale Danks, said Melton was trying to rid Jackson of cr...
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JACKSON, Miss. - When Jackson Mayor Frank Melton went looking for a top lawman for Mississippi's crime-ridden capital city, he turned to someone who had thrown him behind bars.
Just months after the mayor was acquitted on criminal charges of busting up a ramshackle duplex he thought was a drug den, Melton on Friday named Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin the new chief of the Jackson Police Department.
...But, Dale Danks - a former Jackson mayor who is Melton's per...