Fine On Attorney For Anti-Catholic Statements In Court Filing Upheld

According to yesterday's St. Paul Pioneer Press, a Minnesota federal district court has upheld the action of a bankruptcy judge who imposed a fine of $5000 on attorney Rebekah Nett for filing a legal memorandum with the bankruptcy court containing bigoted anti-Catholic statements. (See prior posting.) Nett said that the offending memorandum was written by her client, but the district court held that Nett "stuck her head in the sand" when she signed off on the memo.