LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal costs to the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence during the family's civil lawsuit trial.


U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper's ruling Friday didn't give the family the $2 million originally sought, but she left open the possibility of an additional $300,000.

"It's pretty clear from the ruling that the judge understands this is a significant and difficult case," said Perry Sanders, an attorney for the rapper's family.

Christopher Wallace, or Notorious B.I.G., was shot and killed March 9, 1997, after a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The killing has not been solved.

Cooper declared a mistrial last summer in the family's civil lawsuit after finding that a police detective hid statements linking the killing to former LAPD Officers David Mack and Rafael Perez. She also ordered the city to pay the slain rapper's family's legal costs.

The plaintiffs had been trying to show that Mack, a convicted bank robber, orchestrated Wallace's killing with the help of college friend on behalf of Death Row Records chief Marion "Suge" Knight. All three have denied involvement.

Attorneys for the family received an anonymous tip from a former officer that a department informant had tied Perez and Mack to the killing. Detective Steven Katz claimed he had overlooked a transcript of the remarks in his desk.

But Cooper ruled that Katz and perhaps others concealed the information, which could have bolstered the family's contention that Mack was involved in the killing. A retrial is set to begin later this year.

"We were disappointed with the order," said Jonathan Diamond, spokesman for City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo, whose office defended the city. "We believe the officer's conduct was inadvertent, and we will prevail at trial on the merits of the case."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060121...ous_big_lawsuit

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Mic Master Hung

niice, thats pretty decent. Stupid they never found out who did it though.

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it be a more exciting yet disspointing if pac actually was alive like the theorys thats said bout pac and knowin that pac and big had beef..maybe pac killed biggie and since pac would be considered dead it would let him get away with it.....but that might be a lil farfetched...

^shut the fuck up bitch.

And no ammount of money is worth a human life. They simply need to all commit suicide. Then I'd be happy almost.

^^ yo get on aim im bored

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lol, can't believe they held evidence about it.....dumbasses....that's why we run this bitch not the damn cops, stupid fucks

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What the fuck are you talking about? You don't run anything.

Yes he does. He runs from cops.

lol @ nigga's not being able to fathom the uncorruptable LAPD witholding evidence...smh naive ass lames...of course they were paid off and of course they witheld information...fareal how old r sum of yall? smh

indeph get on aim dude i need to talk to u

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lmao^^who are you talking about? mimesis, you homo, shut up, indepths right, i run from cops, creackheads and mimesis jr's.....

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werd they just gave up.....i bet if Em got murderd they would find the killer in less than a damn month.....bullshit

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no they wouldn't, not if l.a.p.d. and a bunch of other fuckers are involved....just like this...

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