Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paula Jones Weighs Appeal Decision > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paula Jones prepared Tuesday for > meetings with her attorneys as she decides whether to > appeal a Little Rock judge's decision dismissing her > sexual harassment civil suit against President Clinton. > > Susan Carpenter McMillan, Jones' spokeswoman and > adviser, said they were traveling from California to > Dallas to discuss the case with Mrs. Jones' lawyers > there. > > Carpenter-McMillan denied a Fox News report that Mrs. > Jones had decided to appeal, calling it ``an erroneous > claim.'' > > ``We will make the announcement Thursday,'' she said. > There has been rampant speculation in recent days that > Mrs. Jones would proceed with an appeal, and a > spokeswoman for the Rutherford Institute on Tuesday > called that ``90 percent sure.'' > > Fox News said that in a telephone conversation, Mrs. > Jones indicated she had told her lawyers of a desire to > appeal the case, even though she was told that prospects > for overturning the decision were not good. > > Nisha N. Mohammed of the Rutherford Institute said > ``there are a number of issues that are still being > worked out, attorney-client issues that are being talked > through.'' > > She said ``no definitive decision has been made'' on > whether Mrs. Jones will appeal the decision to the 8th > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. > > Fox News said Mrs. Jones told friends she would need > ``good luck'' in an appeal of U.S. District court Judge > Susan Webber Wright's decision. > > Mrs. Jones, 31, has waged a protracted battle against > Clinton, whom she claimed had propositioned her in an > Arkansas hotel room when she was a state worker and he > was governor. Clinton has said he doesn't recall such a > meeting and has denied that any thing improper happened. > > On April 1, Judge Wright dismissed Mrs. Jones' sexual > harassment suit, saying there wasn't sufficient merit to > her allegations to take the case to trial. > > Mrs. Jones, who has made no public comments on the > judge's decision in Arkansas, was not available for > comment Tuesday. She was flying from her home in Long > Beach, Calif., to Dallas to confer with her lawyers. > > The Rutherford Institute, the conservative foundation > that has been helping to finance Jones' civil suit, had > announced earlier Tuesday that she would hold a news > conference Thursday afternoon in Dallas. > > In its statement, the institute said that Mrs. Jones > would make a short statement and her attorneys will take > questions. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
