Tag Archives: bigamy

Judge rules Sister Wives case can go ahead

Posted on February 5, 2012 by samchapman

Kody & Co will be celebrating, as Judge Waddoups has handed down his ruling that the Sister Wives family do have sufficient standing for their case against the Utah County Attorney to go ahead. While the other parties, including the … Continue reading →

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Oops – Utah has been prosecuting polygamists after all

Posted on December 20, 2011 by samchapman

The most important issue in the ‘Brown’s v Utah’ Sister Wives case is that involved in the State trying to kill off the case before it first draws breath. Kody Brown and co don’t have standing, say the state, as … Continue reading →

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Browns v Utah – in court today

Posted on December 16, 2011 by samchapman

Today, Kody Brown, the polygamist at the centre of reality TV’s ‘Sister Wives’, has at least part of his day in court, as he seeks to prevent his case against some of Utah’s key prosecutors being thrown out. The prosecutors … Continue reading →

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Say what, how many husbands in the Brown family?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by samchapman

Let’s hope that Judge Waddoups is not completely new to the whole “Sister Wives” business, because if he goes off the paperwork submitted by the Brown clan and lawyer Jonathan Turley on Monday, he will be led to believe that … Continue reading →

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