RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE ASS'N v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 94-1885, 94-2404, 94-2580, 94-2719, 94-2950 and 94-2965.

76 F.3d 856 (1996)

RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Clinton A. Krislov, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Krislov & Associates, Ltd., Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Walter Knorr, Richard M. Daley, Miriam Santos, and the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, Defendants-Appellees, and Fireman's Annuity and Benefit Fund, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Burke, Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Jonathan Nachsin, Lisa E. Waisbren, Krislov & Associates, John J. Lowrey, Lowrey & Smerz, Chicago, IL, for Retired Chicago Police Ass'n.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Julian Enriques (argued), Frederick S. Rhine, Benna R. Solomon, Anita K. Modak-Truran, Susan S. Sher, Office of Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago.

Martin J. Burns, David S. Allen (argued), Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman, Orlove & Stanton, Chicago, IL, for Fireman's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

Louis R. Hegeman, Gould & Ratner, Chicago, IL, for Clinton Krislov.

Joseph A. Moore, Lawrence Rosenthal, Susan R. Lichtenstein, Stuart D. Fullerton, Anita K. Modak-Truran, Susan S. Sher, Charles Wilfred Levesque, Office of Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Richard M. Daley, Miriam Santos, Walter Knorr, Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, Laborers' and Retirement Board Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, Fireman's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the propriety of the district court's denial of the associational standing of the Retired Chicago Police Association ("RCPA") to represent its members against the City of Chicago, several city officials, and the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund. Also at issue are the district court's decisions to sanction the attorney for the RCPA, to enforce those sanctions through civil contempt, and to deny supplemental sanctions sought...

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