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TexasTowelie

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Sat May 2, 2015, 11:39 PM May 2015

Former Jefferson County judge says Valero owes him $5M

A former Southeast Texas district judge who left office to pursue "an incredible business opportunity" is suing the company for which he left the bench, contending it failed to pay him millions in expected salary and incentives.

Layne Walker, former judge of the 252nd Criminal District Court in Jefferson County, abruptly resigned from the bench in December 2013 to take an unspecified job in the private sector.

On April 14, his attorneys filed a lawsuit on his behalf against Valero Energy Corp., contending the San Antonio-based refining giant owed him $5 million, which amounts to a third of Valero's tax savings at its Port Arthur refinery resulting from a lowering of its valuation, an effort that Walker contends he achieved on behalf of Valero.

A Valero spokesman declined comment on the lawsuit because it is pending litigation.

Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Former-judge-says-Valero-owes-him-5M-6235975.php

[font color=green]Did Walker have a written contract? If not, then it shows how stupid the former judge is and that he shouldn't hold that position.

Walker was elected as a Democrat but faced criticism for his sentencings, specifically of black young men.

In 2011, Houston's New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X circulated a petition asking for the removal of Walker from the bench, because of what Quanell X called "a pattern of giving African-Americans harsher punishments".
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/24165166/jefferson-county-criminal-district-judge-layne-walker-wont-seek-a-third-term[/font]

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Former Jefferson County judge says Valero owes him $5M (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2015 OP
Revolving doors can get stuck without grease. Downwinder May 2015 #1
So who am I rootin' for in this one? NBachers May 2015 #2
In this case I would say neither. TexasTowelie May 2015 #3
I guess the best thing to say is: I hope they both get exactly what they deserve. NBachers May 2015 #4
I hope that the judge has this in writing Gothmog May 2015 #5
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