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U.S. v. COOPER

No. 02-1584.

353 F.3d 161 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David COOPER, Esq., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Koppelman, New York, N.Y., submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellant.

Benjamin M. Lawsky, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y. (James B. Comey, U.S. Atty., Gary Stein, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellee.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge; NEWMAN and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal of a conviction for criminal contempt illustrates the importance of compliance with the requirement that a court's order, violation of which is the basis for the contempt, must be clear and precise, a requirement normally best achieved by incorporating the order in a written document or a transcript of an oral statement. Defendant-appellant David Cooper, an attorney, seeks to overturn an order of the District Court for the...

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