Legal Opinion
United States v. William Wunsch Beverly Wunsch Teri Lee Sowers, and Frank L. Swan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1995No. 93-50671PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
In this case we are called upon to determine whether a male attorney was properly sanctioned by the district court for displaying gender bias in a letter sent to a female attorney following the male attorney’s disqualification from the underlying action. We reverse.
FACTS 1 AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
This matter arose during the course of a criminal tax prosecution brought by the United States against three defendants, William and Beverly Wunseh and their daughter, Teri Sowers. 2 Shortly after Sowers’s arrest by federal agents on March 18, 1993, Frank Swan telephoned Assistant…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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