E. Duncan Getchell Jr., President Bush's nominee for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is being accused of spreading defamatory statements about another Virginia lawyer in order to shore up his foundering nomination and shift blame for an $8 million court error. Getchell has been in the spotlight due to political fallout surrounding his nomination, which has been "troubled since the day it was made," in the words of a law professor who follows the 4th Circuit.
November 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
E. Duncan Getchell Jr., a nominee for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has been accused of spreading defamatory statements about another Virginia lawyer in order to shore up his foundering nomination and shift blame for an $8 million court error.
Richmond, Va., attorney Christopher C. Spencer made the allegations in a defamation suit filed in Richmond Circuit Court on Nov. 14.
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