Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven Vague, Appeal of Robert De Meo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 1983No. 82-1666PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a judgment of civil contempt against attorney Robert De Meo brings up to us a question of first impression: whether a federal district judge has the power to compel, on his own initiative, a criminal defendant’s attorney to return part of the legal fee that the attorney collected from the defendant, on the ground that the fee was exorbitant.
*806A federal grand jury indicted Steven Vague and Gerald McDermott for possession of, and conspiracy to possess, goods stolen from O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Vague was 23 years old and lived with his parents. The family…
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