UNITED STATES EX REL. LYNCH v. WERKSMAN

No. 70 CR 291.

319 F.Supp. 353 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. the Honorable William J. LYNCH, Petitioner, v. Gerald M. WERKSMAN, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

John Powers Crowley, Chicago, Ill., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

Respondent in this litigation is moving for the discharge of the Rule to Show Cause issued against him by the Honorable William J. Lynch, United States District Judge, Northern District of Illinois, on May 28, 1970, for alleged indirect criminal contempt of court. That Rule is predicated upon certain statements allegedly made by respondent to a person who was then his client. The rule "alleges a single specification...

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