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STRANDELL v. JACKSON COUNTY, ILL.

No. 87-1559.

838 F.2d 884 (1987)

In the Matter of Alex STRANDELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JACKSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants. Appeal of Thomas F. TOBIN, Attorney at Law, Contemnor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1987.

Opinion January 21, 1988.

As Corrected January 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

James L. Porter, Asst. U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants.

Before WOOD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we must decide whether a federal district court can require litigants to participate in a nonbinding summary jury trial. In a nonbinding summary jury trial, attorneys summarize their case before a jury, which then renders a nonbinding verdict. The purpose of this device is to motivate litigants toward settlement by allowing them to estimate how an actual jury may respond to their evidence. Thomas Tobin, Esquire, appeals...

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