U.S. v. GALIN

No. 99-50356.

222 F.3d 1123 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miles A. GALIN, Defendant Robert E. Goldman, Contemnor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for the contemnor-appellant.

Sangita K. Rao, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee.

Mark D. Hopson, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for the amicus curiae.

Before: SCHROEDER, T.G. NELSON, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of criminal contempt against a criminal defense attorney from New York who repeatedly violated the ground rules the district court had laid down for the conduct of a jury trial. The principal legal issue the attorney raises, and amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) supports, is that obstruction of justice is a prerequisite to criminal contempt against an attorney defending a criminal defendant...

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