Court Opinion

ID: 9461011
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:03:58.168626+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:51.298439
License: Public Domain

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge
(concurring) .
I concur in the opinion, including af-firmance of the finding on Kunstler specification VI. I do find it necessary, however, to recognize the difficulty in determining objectively that the conduct involved in this specification amounted to an actual obstruction of justice. It seems to me that in applying and preserving the federal rule that disrespect is not punishable contempt unless the conduct amounts to an actual obstruction of justice (cases cited, United States v. Seale, 461 F.2d 345, 369 (7th Cir. 1972)) we are willing to presume or infer the existence of obstruction where the conduct appears to us extremely inappropriate, indeed outrageous, and shocking.