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UNITED STATES v. KOBLITZ

No. 85-3559.

803 F.2d 1523 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Craig KOBLITZ and Robert Scott Donley, Defendants, and Marcelino J. Huerta, III and Anthony F. Gonzalez, Contemnors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Russ, Orlando, Fla., Samuel R. Mandelbaum, Tampa, Fla., for contemnors-appellants.

John M. Fitzgibbons, Tampa, Fla., Kathleen A. Felton, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Criminal Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Peter Raben, Jeffrey S. Weiner, Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross, Miami, Fla., amicus curiae, for contemnors-appellants.

Before GODBOLD and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Appellants are two trial lawyers. The district court held them in civil contempt and fined them $2,500 because they violated an order directing them either to appear for the trial of their clients' criminal case or, in the event of appellants' unavailability, to obtain substitute counsel who would appear, prepared and ready for trial. Appellants challenge the validity of that order and ask us to set aside their contempt adjudications. We find...

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