Legal Opinion
Juan Aquas Romero v. Drummond Co. Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2007No. 06-13058, 06-13059PublishedCited by 397 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, several lawyers challenge a sanction of criminal contempt entered after the lawyers filed a motion and two declarations in open court, and a journalist seeks access to the filings, which have since been sealed following media reports about their contents. The underlying complaint contains sordid allegations of intrigue, corruption, and assassination in Colombia, “where the awful is ordinary.” Silva v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 448 F.3d 1229, 1242 (11th Cir.2006). After the district court by letter asked the U.S. Department of State whether this…
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