HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge has determined a former longtime Houston school trustee is liable for as much as $2.1 million in civil damages for participating in a scheme that withheld school contracts unless bribes were paid.
The Houston Chronicle reports (https://bit.ly/2jmt16U ) U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison on Thursday determined the amount of liability against Larry Marshall and other defendants.
The case involved a contractor who said he lost lucrative school business because he refused to pay kickbacks.
A civil jury in November determined that Marshall and others violated a civil racketeering law.
Marshall was one of the longest-serving members of the Houston school board and had worked to integrate the nation's seventh-largest district.
Defense lawyers said previously that they intend to appeal the jury verdict.
Information from: Houston Chronicle, https://www.houstonchronicle.com
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