Legal Opinion
In the Matter of John A. Betts
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 1991No. 90-1280PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
It is said that one good turn deserves another, but in the case of attorneys John Betts and Kenneth Kozel, this old saying took a strange direction. On January 29, 1990, Judge Richard Mills sentenced Betts to three months’ imprisonment for criminal contempt. 730 F.Supp. 942. What makes this otherwise unnoteworthy event unusual is that Betts’ contemptuous conduct occurred during the course of his representation of Kozel on a charge of criminal contempt. This somewhat “gothic” tale (in the words of Judge Mills) began when Betts filed a Section 1983 claim in United States…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Frank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Thomas E. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Samuel I. BurstynCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Kenneth A. KozelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Milton M. Dowell, Appeal Of: Donald v. MoranoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- John A. Betts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. BrockDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1994
- Grove Fresh Distributors, Inc. v. John Labatt Ltd.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
- United States v. Richard J. Mottweiler and Catharine D. O'DanielCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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