"Our local economy was centered on tobacco and textiles, " says Danville Mayor Wayne Williams.

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Past cases include Tupac Shakur, the hip-hop artist gunned down in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Wayne Williams, the man convicted in the Atlanta child murders case.

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Jamail's testimony was taken in 1999 but remained bottled up as the five tobacco lawyers-- Harold Nix , John O'Quinn , Wayne Reaud , Walter Umphrey and John Eddie Williams --fought to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the records in the hands of a cooperative federal judge in Texarkana, Tex.

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Notes: DeAngelo Williams, the former Memphis running back now with the NFL's Carolina Panthers, and rapper Lil Wayne had courtside seats with Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones also on hand.

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