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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Mon May 20, 2013, 10:16 AM May 2013

Joe Miller must pay Alaska Dispatch $85k in legal fees, judge rules

Source: Alaska Dispatch

With his eye on a possible 2014 U.S. Senate run, Alaska Tea Party politico Joe Miller has been dealt a financial blow after losing a legal fight with the media, stemming from his last attempt to win a Senate seat three years ago.

On Friday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Stephanie Joannides ordered Miller to pay more than $85,000 of Alaska Dispatch’s attorney fees and costs stemming from the news organization’s 2010 lawsuit to make public Miller’s employment records during his time as a part-time government lawyer.

Alaska Dispatch had already won the suit, arguing that Miller’s records -- which detailed episodes of misconduct for which he was punished and barred from rehire for three years -- should be available for Alaska voters to review. At the time, Miller was a Republican candidate in a three-way race for the U.S. Senate. In the wake of the election, Miller -- a Yale Law School grad -- dragged out the litigation for nearly two more years.

“Miller’s conduct, which included taking inconsistent positions, failing to disclose information during discovery, and his procedural filing, which the record did not support, all caused unnecessary delay and costs for both Alaska Dispatch” and the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the judge wrote in her ruling.

Read more: https://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130519/judge-orders-joe-miller-pay-alaska-dispatch-85k-legal-fees

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Joe Miller must pay Alaska Dispatch $85k in legal fees, judge rules (Original Post) Newsjock May 2013 OP
Good grief, we've already seen enough of this guy. AndyA May 2013 #1

AndyA

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1. Good grief, we've already seen enough of this guy.
Mon May 20, 2013, 10:32 AM
May 2013

Seriously, he's planning to run again?

Can't he take no for an answer? Joe Miller's ego is way too big for his hat, and it sure seemed like he had a lot to hide when he was running last time.

Really hope he goes away, been nice not seeing his face and hearing his voice every day.

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