Legal Opinion
Mary E. McClellan v. Elaine E. Bucklo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2016No. 15-2752, 15-3410PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The principal question presented by this appeal is whether an order by a district court imposing a sanction on a lawyer for misconduct in a case before the court can ever be appealed if the sanction lacks a monetary component.
As part of a lawsuit charging the City of Chicago and others with malicious prosecution and other torts, the plaintiffs sought by subpoena to discover documents lodged in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. The lawyers representing the Office, who included Mary McClellan, the appellant, told the plaintiffs’ lawyers that the files they were…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Paula Johnson v. Leland Cherry and James Mister, Appeal Of: Barbara J. CliniteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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