United States Seventh Circuit

The district court's sanction order against two attorneys was an abuse of discretion where the sanctions were inappropriately based on a misunderstanding of the state court's authority to appoint Special State's Attorneys.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/02/2005
• Decided 08/18/2005
• Published 08/18/2005

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John T. Karnezis, Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, IL, Patrick J. Doherty, Farano, Wallace & Doherty, Palos Hills, IL, for Plaintiffs., Donna M. Lach (argued), Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Office of the Cook County, State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Appellant, Cook County., J. Timothy Eaton (argued), Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, for Appellant, Edward R. Theobald., Thomas M. Breen, Breen & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Appellant, Alan R. Brunell., Anthony Pinelli, Chicago, IL, pro se., Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan (argued), Elaine Goldenberg, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Jerold S. Solovy., Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Office of the Cook County State's Attorney Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Richard A. Devine., Thomas F. Downing, Office of the State's Attorney of Dupage County, Wheaton, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Joseph Birkett.


• For Appellees:
  
• John F. Kennedy, Shefsky & Froelich, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.