Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis Lowery, Appeal of Gerald M. Werksman. United States of America v. William Guide, Appeal of Jo-Anne F. Wolfson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 1984No. 82-1777, 82-1860PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Gerald Werksman and Jo-Anne Wolfson, each of whom represented one of the defendants in a protracted criminal trial of 10 Chicago policemen accused of having protected drug dealers in the Marquette district of Chicago, appeal from judgments of criminal contempt summarily meted out to them during the trial by the district judge for alleged misconduct in cross-examining witnesses. The judge fined Werksman $500 for his contempt, and Wolfson $300 for hers. We are asked to decide whether the two lawyers’ conduct was contemptuous within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 401 and if so…
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