King sibilings lawsuit heats up

A Fulton County judge has ordered Bernice King to resume documenting her mother's personal papers in accordance with an earlier decree requested by her brother, Dexter. The documents were part of a $1.4 million book deal with Penguin Group, but that deal fell though earlier this month after the family missed a deadline from the New York-based publisher to turn the documents over. It is unclear now whether the documents can or will be used for any future such deals. Dozens of supporters, lawyers and media packed the Friday court hearing for more than four hours and even waited through an emergency evacuation of the courthouse to hear from the judge. But the issue of whether Coretta Scott King's papers are the property of her husband's estate is still undecided.

(Associated Press)