United States Ninth Circuit

Once a court determines that a party has attempted to bribe a court-appointed receiver, it may impose sanctions payable to the government in order to protect judicial integrity, but such sanctions are criminal in nature and subject to the procedural protections of a criminal contempt hearings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2000
• Decided 04/05/2001
• Published 04/05/2001

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KOZINSKI, GRABER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer L. Keller, Irvine, California, Cheryl L. Thomas, Santa Ana, California, for the plaintiff, counter-defendants, appellants., Timothy L. McCandless, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant, counter-claimant, appellee.