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FIEGER v. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

No. 07-2213.

553 F.3d 955 (2009)

Geoffrey Nels FIEGER and Richard L. Steinberg, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT; Clifford W. Taylor; Maura D. Corrigan; Robert P. Young, Jr.; and Stephen J. Markman, Defendants-Appellants, Michael F. Cavanaugh; Elizabeth A. Weaver; and Marilyn Kelly, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Margaret A. Nelson, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael R. Dezsi, Fieger, Fieger, Kenney, Johnson & Giroux, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Margaret A Nelson, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael R. Dezsi, Fieger, Fieger, Kenney, Johnson & Giroux, Southfield, Michigan, Richard L. Steinberg, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, C. J., joined. MERRITT, J. (pp. 975-79), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

After a panel of judges on the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed a $15 million judgment initially entered in favor of his client, and while the case was pending before the court, attorney Geoffrey Nels Fieger made vulgar comments about the judges on a radio show he hosted. The Michigan Attorney Grievance Administrator charged Fieger with violating Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) 3.5(c) and 6.5(a), the "courtesy...

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