Legal Opinion
In Re Eric D. Troutt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2006No. 04-4212PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the way in which the district court handled what began as an attorney discipline matter. The central actors are Eric D. Troutt, the attorney, and District Judge Michael J. Reagan. Briefly put, Judge Reagan concluded that Troutt had failed to live up to his obligations to the bar of the Southern District of Illinois, and, even worse, had conducted himself in a way that amounted to criminal contempt of court. Troutt has appealed from the district court’s order of November 16, 2004, finding him in criminal contempt and suspending him from practicing law…
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