A United States Federal Court finds that Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary McCaleb committed 4 counts of fraud and held them in civil contempt. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found that Norton and McCaleb engaged in litigation misconduct by failing to initiate the accounting ordered by the Court.
The Court has set a third contempt trial for Secretary Norton and Assistant Secretary McCaleb, commencing December 18, 2002.
Excepts from the Opinion of U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth follow:
The Court has set a third contempt trial for Secretary Norton and Assistant Secretary McCaleb, commencing December 18, 2002.
Excepts from the Opinion of U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth follow: