Legal Opinion
Robert C. Braun v. Leverett Baldwin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 10, 2003No. 02-4143PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
September 5 is “Jury Rights Day” in Milwaukee. On that day in 2000, Robert Braun, the plaintiff in this civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and his companion-in-arms William “Whistleblower” Currier, as was their custom on Jury Rights Day entered the Milwaukee County Courthouse for the purpose of advocating jury nullification, that is, that jurors should feel free to disregard the instructions on the law that judges give them. They stationed themselves in the lobby of the courthouse. Currier was dressed in a judicial robe and carried a sign that said, ‘Why do judges…
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