Legal Opinion
In Re Roger Novak
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1991No. 90-8030PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
Roger Novak appeals his conviction for criminal contempt. Novak, an employee of the insurer for the defendants to a legal malpractice suit, willfully failed to comply with a district court’s order directing him to appear before the court at a pretrial conference to facilitate settlement discussions. Although we conclude that the district court lacked the authority to issue that order, we nevertheless affirm Novak’s conviction for criminal contempt.
I
The facts underlying this dispute are relatively simple. The appellant, Roger No-vak, is a senior claim analyst for…
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