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U.S. v. WUNSCH

No. 93-50671.

54 F.3d 579 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William WUNSCH; Beverly Wunsch; Teri Lee Sowers, Defendants, and Frank L. Swan, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Sobel, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for respondent-appellant.

Paul L. Seave, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lynn Hecht Schafran, NOW Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, New York City, for the amici curiae.

Roberta M. Ikemi, California Women's Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, for the amici curiae.

Before: BROWNING, FARRIS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

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.

FACTS1 AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

This matter arose during the course of a criminal tax prosecution...

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