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...plot begins at a 1981 Christmas party when, says U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aldrich, young lawyer told her that he would be receiving a cut of his firm's fees in the White Motor Corp. bankruptcy case, which was under Aldrich's jurisdiction. The lawyer, Gino Battisti, had recently joined the firm of Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz and Kaplan, and was the nephew of U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frank Battisti. Some months later the local press began to publish reports on the conduct of the blustery and powerful judge. Last March a federal grand jury started looking...
Among the questions before the panel: Was the Climaco firm appointed examiner in the White Motor bankruptcy (possible fee: $1 million) as a payoff for hiring Nephew Gino? The firm was chosen by Bankruptcy Judge Mark Schlachet, a Battisti protege and the son-in-law of one of Battisti's close friends. Schlachet resigned last year while under investigation for improperly giving high-paying court appointments to friends...
Often the threats are made by prisoners seeking revenge against the judge who heard their cases. A rising number have been coming, however, from violent groups on trial, including the Hell's Angels and the Puerto Rican liberation group F.A.L.N. Frank Battisti, chief judge of the federal district court in Cleveland, has received his death threats from members of the public. The first came in 1974 after he dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen involved in the Kent State killings. He won more enemies when he ordered desegregation of local schools and when he directed the nearly...
...result, there may be no money to reopen Cleveland's schools after the summer recess. The vote also reflected opposition to court-ordered busing, scheduled to go into effect next fall to correct racial imbalances, and the high-handed manner in which Federal Judge Frank J. Battisti has, in effect, taken over management of the school system. Paul Briggs, Cleveland's respected veteran school superintendent, was so stripped of power by the court that he resigned his post...
Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble. Frank Battisti and Carl Atkins conduct works of Vaughan Williams, Handel, Benson, R. Strauss and Perisichetti at 2:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall, NEC. Free...