‘State of the Court’ luncheon set by FBA
The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan, kicks off its 2013-2014 luncheon series with the annual “State of the Court Luncheon” on Wednesday, September 11, in the Woodward Ballroom of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Cost for the lunch is $25 for FBA members, $35 for non-members.
Registration can be completed online at www.fbamich.org.
For additional information about the event or the luncheon series, contact FBA Program Chair Jeff Appel at 248.569.4400 or by email at friedappel@aol.com.
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Judge: Ex-hotel owners should get $2.2 million
PORT HURON (AP) — A judge has awarded $2.2 million in damages to a company that ran a Port Huron hotel that had problems amid plans to expand the Blue Water Bridge plaza.
The Times Herald of Port Huron reports Ingham County Judge William Collette issued the order last month in Bridgeview Hotel Associates’ case against the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The company ran a Holiday Inn Express. Greg Sparling built the 97-room hotel and said MDOT’s plans led to the loss of the franchise.
MDOT says it doesn’t comment on ongoing litigation.
The state developed plans in 2004 to expand the plaza and indicated it would need to acquire property where the hotel sat.
An access road was closed.
The hotel became a Quality Inn in 2009 and was sold in 2012.
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Police: Woman offers stamps to pay for hit
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they've arrested a woman after she offered an undercover officer a $60,000 stamp collection to kill her husband.
Police say Elena Adams was arrested recently and charged with conspiracy and criminal solicitation.
They say the 57-year-old met with an undercover officer inside a car in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn to discuss the murder-for-hire plot.
Police say Adams told the officer her husband should be struck by a hit-and-run driver as he crossed a street after lunch.
They say Adams gave the investigator a picture of her husband, the stamp collection and jewelry.
Adams was arrested at the scene.
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Millions left in $680M farmer settlement fund
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s an unusual twist for Washington these days: There’s money left over from a $680 million settlement the federal government awarded American Indian farmers in 2010 after decades of discrimination.
A three-year claims process is complete, and more than half the settlement money is still available.
The plaintiffs want to use the unexpected $380 million windfall to form a foundation that could be the largest Indian country has ever seen.
The plaintiffs decided the best way to handle the funds was to set up a new foundation, led by Indian leaders, to help American Indian farmers and ranchers.
The plaintiffs recently notified the federal court of their desire to form the new organization.
The court will have to approve it.
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