| Description: | Edwards' friend suspended from US Supreme Court |
| Text of article: | Edwards' friend suspended from U.S. Supreme Court
By The Associated Press
Edmund Reggie, longtime confidant of Gov. Edwin Edwards and the fattier-in-law of Sen. Edward Kennedy, was suspended Monday as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar — meaning he would not be allowed to argue cases before the court. -
Reggie said in a brief telephone interview from his Crowley. office that the order made public Monday was "nothing new" and that he expects to be reinstated soon "as a matter or course."
Reggie was convicted in 1992 of misapplying funds of Acadia Savings & Loan of Crowley, a thrift he founded in 1959. In 1993, he pleaded no contest to another misapplication charge.
The former Crowley city judge served 120 days of- home detention and paid $30,000 in fines. Ile was suspended from practicing law for a year by the state Supreme Court —a suspension that ended late in 199-1. In Monday's brief order, the U.S. Supreme-Court said it Will issue a rule within 90 days requiring Reggie to show cause why he should not he disbarred from practicing law. before the Supreme Court.
Edmund Reggie: Convicted in 1992
Reggie said he will file the necessary documents and expects to - win back the right to practice before the high court. "I expect to he restored shortly," he said. |
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