As GamePolitics previously reported, anti-game activist Jack Thompson has appealed his lifetime disbarment to the United States Supreme Court.
Thompson's petition for writ of certiorari will be considered by the Court this morning during a private conference of the justices. If four justices vote to grant Thompson's petition, it will continue to the next stage in the Court's process. If not, the Court will take no further action on his case.
A rejection of Thompson's petition would likely seal the disbarment ordered by the Florida Supreme Court in September, 2008.
The SCOTUS blog, which tracks day-to-day happenings at the Court, does not list Thompson's petition among its Petitions to Watch for today's conference. That is an indication that the blog's authors do not believe that the justices will find merit in Thompson's petition.
According to the SCOTUS docket, the defendant in Thompson's case, the Florida Bar, opted not to to file a response to Thompson's petition.
DOCUMENT DUMP: You can read Thompson's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court here.
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Re: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Jack Thompson's Disbarment
sadly yes, he does have some wins under his belt.
Re: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Jack Thompson's Disbarment
Really?...Huh...Really? What "wins" does he have?...
.....Really?!
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Re: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Jack Thompson's Disbarment
From what I understand he used to take Medical Malpractice cases before he became a "Media Crusader". Also in the early 90's he had a confrontation with the Bar. He actually won $20,000 in "damages" from that case.
Re: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Jack Thompson's Disbarment
He should have stayed in Medical Malpractice, since all he's done is a big pile of nothing since then.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Hornets, Jack Thompson can geaux chase a chupacabra.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Pelicans. Solidarity for the Saints = No retreat, no surrender. 2013 = Saints' revenge on the NFL. Even through the darkest days, this fire burns always.
Re: U.S. Supreme Court Considers Jack Thompson's Disbarment
Nothing in the realm of media and games which is the only stuff we keep track of here...
Jack has done normal lawyering as well... representing clients on regular matters and all that, and he has supposedly won cases in the normal field; though nothing big beyond any other lawyer and thus not something he goes around bragging about... really his media related "lawyering" is the only thing he likes to boast about.