US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Swaggart Case

The Advocate reports that the United States Supreme Court refused to consider, without comment, an appeal regarding over $2.1 million paid to Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in a failed Baton Rouge real estate development. The case dates back tot he early 1990s when developer Sam Recile proposed a Baton Rouge mall known as Place Vendome. Recile was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and Jimmy Swaggart Ministries was sued by the bankruptcy receiver for Recile's companies.

Posted by AJR at May 20, 2003 07:21 AM