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Michelle Williams, the actress who got an Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain, and also played Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek (and most importantly, is Heath Ledger's girlfriend), is also the daughter of Larry Williams. Papa Williams is a famous stock market trader-slash-guru. (You can check out his Web site at www.ireallytrade.com.) He's sort of a legend in the world or commodity traders -- Larry even has his own eponymous indicator, the Williams %R.

Well, Larry Williams found himself in a bit of hot water with the IRS. They say he owes $1.9 million in taxes. He was arrested last month in Australia, fought extradition. And won.

Williams last year challenged the validity of a notice issued by then federal Justice Minister Chris Ellison authorising a magistrate to rule on the US extradition request.

He argued that Senator Ellison acted on advice from the US which did not identify precisely enough the alleged conduct for which his extradition was sought.

A Federal Court judge dismissed that challenge, but Williams has successfully appealed the decision to the court's full bench.

Justices Roger Gyles, Jim Allsop and Robert Buchanan today overturned the earlier Federal Court order, declaring Senator Ellison's notice invalid.

“In the present case, the material before the minister did not even include a statement of the elements of the United States offences,” the judges said.

Ironically, my indicator, the Elfenbein Quotient, is a ratings system for episodes of Dawson's Creek. Small world.

Posted by edelfenbein at March 22, 2007 7:42 AM