For those of you following the bingo lawsuits, this may be an exclusive, as I understand it: Court documents at the Walker County Courthouse confirm that Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert S. Vance will hold a hearing at Courtroom 330 in the Jefferson County Courthouse, in downtown Birmingham, on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The hearing is set for 9 a.m. and is a continuation of a hearing that was originally set for Jan. 15.
The hearing appears to go back to a motion filed by Walker County District Attorney Charles Baker and Sheriff John Mark Tirey on Jan. 7 to restrict amending permits that would allow changing the location of playing bingo games for the duration of the bingo suit. On Dec. 31, Helping Hands Charity Bingo also filed a motion to that any bingo operations licensing granted after the November 2007 temporary restraining order be declared null and void. The Baker/Tirey team opposes that motion, saying it has been complied with and that Helping Hands is trying the confuse the issue.
(If that sounds confusing, welcome to the world of all the legal minds of Walker County, who now have constant headaches. The girls in the Circuit Clerk's Office are constantly kept busy just keeping lawyers updated on all the filings, to the point they are sick of it.)
Keep in mind the word went around that during the last hearing in Birmingham, more was discussed than what was on the table. In a case where anything can happen and where the sides have not often gone before the judge (to the point they have a lot to discuss), I am sure any number of things could happen. Stay tuned.
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