After 25-year fight, ex-Dallas CEO with $231 million beef gets his day in court

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“If I had it to do over again, I’d never have done business with the U.S. Postal Service,” William Moore said in a 2011 profile.

WASHINGTON — A case the government fought to keep out of court for 25 years is finally in the hands of a federal jury, after closing arguments Friday by lawyers for a former Dallas CEO who says five former postal employees owe him $231 million for conspiring to have him indicted.

He says the 1988 indictment was part of a vendetta by their bosses at the U.S. Postal Service.

The indictment cut short a high-flying corporate career for Bill Moore, then the CEO of Recognition Equipment Inc. and a young executive with growing national prominence, his attorney told six women and three men on the jury Friday.

“It’s like a Major League Baseball player drafted out of high school and signed for the big leagues, only to have his legs broken and his career taken away from him,” lawyer Paul Pohl said.

A lawyer for the postal employees — four inspectors and the estate of a former polygraph technician — told the jury that what Moore needs most is “humility.”

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20140718-after-25-year-fight-ex-dallas-ceo-with-231-million-beef-gets-his-day-in-court.ece .

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1. I've never heard of this case before.

Interesting article. I'll have to read a little more about the history of the case.