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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
TBO.comPublished: October 3, 2008Updated: 10 min. ago Damon Keith SmithTAMPA - A man is being held without bail at Orient Road Jail today, accused of beating a 17-year-old boy with a belt and a 16-inch piece of wood trim, police said.Temple Terrace police on Thursday charged Damon Keith Smith, 36, of Temple Terrace, with felony child abuse.According to an affidavit, Smith...
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Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
... governor. Granholm graduated from UC-Berkeley and Harvard Law School, clerked for U.S. Judge Damon Keith on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and then the state’s Attorney General.
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Law Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
... to come across as sexist or superior. Granholm (UC-Berkeley, Harvard law) clerked for U.S. Judge Damon Keith on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and then the state’s Attorney General. Law Blog Readers: The McCain campaign is reportedly having trouble finding the right person for Palin’s practice...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Former Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr., right, is sworn in Friday as the city's new mayor by U.S. Appeals Judge Damon Keith. (Brandy Baker, The Detroit News )DETROIT — This downtrodden and scandal-scarred city's new mayor called on residents Friday to work hard, work together and — borrowing from the sci-fi series "Star Trek" — "boldly go where no one has gone before."...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
... Friday.He was sworn in later in the morning as Detroit's 61st mayor by U.S. Appeals Court Judge Damon Keith. He repeated the oath of office, then spoke about leaving behind the Kilpatrick scandal."This is our time for hope and also for renewal," the new mayor said. "It's our time to breathe life back into the city."Cockrel has already hired a former federal prosecutor as deputy mayor,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
... to the mayor's office on the 11th floor and begin his first day on the job.U.S. District Judge Damon Keith will administer the oath of office -- and he is well practiced. He also has sworn in Gov. Jennifer Granholm.The Pledge of Allegiance will be recited. An emcee has not yet been finalized.Some seating will be available to members of the public, Cockrel spokesman Daniel Cherrin...
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The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
The Sixth Circuit is well-known for its ideological divides and sometimes-nasty dissents in habeas cases, but the dissent in Tucker v. Palmer last week from Judge Damon Keith seems to...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
DETROIT, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, October 24, the Old
Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit will honor United Auto Workers (UAW)
President Ron Gettelfinger at its 19th annual Tribute Breakfast at
Detroit's Cobo Center. Gettelfinger will receive the charity's Edward H.
McNamara Goodfellow of the Year Award at the 8 AM event. Among previous
recipients of the award are Judge Damon Keith,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... a Harvard Law School grad, began her legal career as a clerk for federal Appeals Court Judge Damon Keith. Later, she served as a federal prosecutor in Detroit, the chief lawyer for Wayne County and state attorney general.She made it clear from the outset that she didn't want to be called "Judge." She also told the audience that she didn't want anyone to stand when she entered and...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... She's got plenty of experience for this: Harvard law grad, former clerk for federal appeals Judge Damon Keith, former federal prosecutor and former Michigan attorney general.10:42 a.m.Why is it that hardly anyone in this mess can correctly pronounce the last name of former Detroit cop Harold Nelthrope?It is NELL-thrup not NELL-thorp and not NOR-thorp.People have botched this man's...
