Legal Opinion
Shane Weibrecht v. Southern Illinois Transfer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 2001No. 00-1563PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Contacts between lawyers and “represented parties” raise some of the thornier issues in the area of legal ethics. This case turns on one variant of the problem: whether a provision of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, overrides an ethical rule adopted by the federal district court that prohibits attorneys from contacting parties represented by other counsel under the circumstances presented here. The district court concluded that the lawyer in question had violated the ethical rule, that the FELA provided no excuse, and that the…
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