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IN RE WILLIAMS

Nos. 97-2437, 97-2438.

156 F.3d 86 (1998)

In re: Lawrence G. WILLIAMS, Debtor. Lawrence G. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee. William L. Blagg, Appellant. In re: Lawrence G. WILLIAMS, Debtor. Lawrence G. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee. Charles J. Cannon, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Mann, with whom Mann & Mitchell was on brief, for appellant Blagg.

Carter G. Phillips, with whom Nathan A. Forrester and Sidley & Austin were on brief, for appellant Cannon.

Michael J. Tuteur and Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on brief for National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys, amicus curiae.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Jenner & Block on brief for Federal Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General, Gilbert S. Rothenberg and Thomas J. Clark, Attorneys, Tax Division, Department of Justice, on brief for the United States, amicus curiae.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ROSENN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a question of first impression in this circuit: Are a trial court's published findings of attorney misconduct, originally rendered in support of monetary sanctions, independently appealable, notwithstanding that the monetary sanctions imposed by the court for that conduct have been nullified? Our sister circuits are divided on this important question. Compare Bolte v. Home Ins. Co., 744 F.2d 572

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