Legal Opinion
In Re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided September 16, 1993No. S-91-66PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:
A matter of contempt by an attorney.
This long and protracted process began in this Court two years ago to collect sanctions that were imposed by the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Attorney James Walker had been held in contempt in those courts relative to his participation in an asbestos trial. (That case is reported in a 270 page opinion as In re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation, 129 B.R. 710 (E. & S.D.N.Y.1991)).
Apparently, Mr. Walker, who represented certain Illinois claimants in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- United States v. Patrick Ryan and William SchwenerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,721 Securities and Exchange Commission v. James Simpson, and George E. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Kilpatrick v. First Church of the NazareneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- Mau v. North American Asbestos Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Findley v. Blinken (In re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- In Re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1994
- Findley v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- (BK) Jerome v. BarnackDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2021
- In Re Johns-Manville CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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