The Michigan Supreme Court reprimanded Geoffrey Fiegler -- best-known for defending assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian -- for "vulgar and crude" attacks against appeals court justices. On separate appearances on Detroit-area radio shows, Fiegler called the judges "jackasses" and likened them to Adolph Hitler and the Nazis for overturning a malpractice judgment he had won. The dissent called Fiegler's speech political and therefore protected by the Constitution. His attorney promised an appeal.
August 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded an outspoken lawyer for “vulgar and crude” attacks against appeals court judges, whom he likened during radio appearances to Nazis.
The court voted 4-3 to reprimand Geoffrey Fieger for twice appearing on Detroit-areas radio shows in 1999 and calling state Court of Appeals judges “jackasses” and other names. The judges had angered Fieger by overturning a $15 million medical malpractice judgment he had won.
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