· 3/31/1989
United States v. Jonathan Cooper, in Re Norman Zalkind
Citations
- 872 F.2d 1
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 4579
- 1989 WL 30489
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Lawyers using professional care, circumspection and discretion in exercising that right need not be apprehensive of chastizement (sic) or penalties for having the advocative courage” to represent their clients vigorously.
- \[A]n attorney is not free to say literally anything <br>and everything imaginable in a courtroom under the pretext of <br>protecting his client's rights to a fair trial and fair <br>representation.\
- “Nor may an attorney seek refuge within his own First Amendment right of free speech to fill a courtroom with a litany of speculative accusations and insults which raise doubts as to a judge’s impartiality.”
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Judges: Brown, Coffin, Torruella
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