Legal Opinion
Jane Doe and Mary Roe v. Maywood Housing Authority and Ricardo Marshall, Appeal of Robert L. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1995No. 95-1288PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Attorney Robert L. Scott appeals two orders from the district court, one which found him in criminal contempt for violating a protective order requiring that he and his clients not use real names to identify the plaintiffs in this ease, and the second which sanctioned him under Fed.R.CivJ?. 11 for filing a frivolous counterclaim. Because the district court’s orders were well-founded and Scott was granted all necessary procedural protections, we affirm.
I. Background
In May 1993 plaintiffs Jane Doe and Mary Roe filed a complaint against defendants Maywood Housing Authority…
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