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U.S. v. TURNER

No. 85-7504.

812 F.2d 1552 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert TURNER, et al., Defendants. In re Howard MOORE, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Stavis, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rafael Anglada-Lopez, New York City, Margaret Carey, Greenville, Miss., Robert H. Turner, Selma, Ala., for appellant.

Gerald Horne, Barbara Dudley, Roxanne Gregory, Larry Smith, New York City, for amicus, National Conference of Black Lawyers, et al.

E.T. Rolison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Brenda F. Harbin, Sabrina A. McCarthy, Oakland, Cal., for amicus Association of Northern California Black Women Lawyers.

Robert L. Harris, Sherry A. Walker, James O. Cole, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus Charles Houston Bar Association.

Fred D. Gray, Thomas J. Broome, Washington, D.C., for amicus the National Bar Association.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, CLARK, Circuit Judge and DOYLE, Senior District Judge.

JAMES E. DOYLE, Senior District Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of contempt entered against appellant Howard Moore in a summary proceeding pursuant to Fed.R.Cr.P. 42(a). Moore is a lawyer. The contemptuous conduct was determined to have occurred during his cross-examination of a witness in a trial. A fine of $500.00 was imposed. Enforcement of the fine has been stayed, pending the outcome of this appeal. We reverse the judgment of the district court on the...

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