Novak v. Blum

Walter Novak seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order which stays post-judgment proceedings until resolution of an unrelated action now pending in federal district court. We grant the petition.

In 1985 Novak obtained a judgment against respondent Howard Blum in excess of $60,000. In the seven years following he has engaged in efforts, thus far fruitless, to execute on that judgment. In 1992 Blum obtained the services of “Constitutional Counsels, Inc.” This is a group of individuals who, without pretense of being licensed attorneys, seek to appear on behalf of willing clients. Blum and…