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Judge orders former President George W. Bush to testify in SMU lawsuit
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... about conversations that took place years ago about Bush’s presidential library. But even as the judge wrote his position, Bush’s attorneys were preparing an appeal that would trigger an immediate stay so that an appellate court would reconsider the matter. Last week, a lawyer for Bush said the former president would not voluntarily give a sworn statement, but Hoffman had urged lawyers for all sides to reach an accord on how a statement from Bush could be taken.... Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestne...

Judge orders Bush to testify in SMU case.
Think Progress — ... Late last week, Texas district court judge Martin Hoffman ordered that President Bush be deposed in a lawsuit against Southern Methodist University (SMU). In the case, two condominium owners near SMU are claiming that “the university bullied owners into selling without disclosing plans to build a presidential library at the site.” They want the former president to “give a statement about whether SMU officials told him about plans to build on the site before the university bought the land.” The plaintiffs have already received statements from Dallas ...