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======================================================================== ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS * POY v. BOUTSELIS * US v. SACCOCCIA * US v. COOPER * QUINTERO v. CITY OF SANTA ANA ======================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- POY v. BOUTSELIS (12/22/03 - No. 03-1201, 03-1243) Plaintiff, prevailing in his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against the police who arrested him, was inappropriately denied fees and costs. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/1st/031201.html POY v. BOUTSELIS (12/22/03 - No. 03-1201, 03-1243) US v. SACCOCCIA (12/22/03 - No. 01-2160, 01-2170, 01-2393) Defendant was convicted of RICO and other violations and ordered to forfeit virtually all of his currency. The district court erred in ordering his two attorneys to surrender such legal fees as they received after defendant's conviction. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/1st/012160.html US v. SACCOCCIA (12/22/03 - No. 01-2160, 01-2170, 01-2393) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- US v. COOPER (12/23/03 - No. 02-1584) The summary contempt power of FRCP rule 42(b) was impermissibly used where the allegedly contemptuous activity was failure to produce an affidavit, and the violated instruction was given in an unrecorded telephone conversation. Under such circumstances, the absence of a written record of the order alleged to have been violated precludes a conviction for criminal contempt. To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/2nd/021584p.pdf US v. COOPER (12/23/03 - No. 02-1584) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- California Appellate Districts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- QUINTERO v. CITY OF SANTA ANA (12/23/03 - No. G031275)acted as counsel for the Board There was a clear appearance of bias and unfairness at an administrative hearing before the Santa Ana Personnel Board, where a city attorney that represented defendants before the Board had also acted as counsel for the Board. The decision of the Board was therefore reversed. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/g031275.html QUINTERO v. CITY OF SANTA ANA (12/23/03 - No. G031275)acted as counsel for the Board To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/g031275.pdf QUINTERO v. 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