Joan B. Gottschall
2008
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62
investments
3
positions
0
gifts
0
agreements
0
debts
0
reimbursements
1
income
0
spouse income
Named parties
- Pt. VIII, n. 4
- Pt. VIII, n.4
- Pt. VIII, #3
- more
- changes
- Part VIII, n.2
- Barclays Tips Bd.
- Visiting Committee to the Divinity School, University of Chicago
- Illinois Humanities Council
- Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School
- See Section VIII, note 1
As filed
Vanguard Wellington Fund — Int/Div
Vanguard Wellesley Fund — Int/Div
Vanguard Index Trust — Int/Div
Vanguard Prime Portfolio — Int/Div
Van Kampen Emerging Growth Fund (ren amed Strategic Growth A) — None — Sold — Pt. VIII, n. 4
US Treasury Strip (11-15-09) — None
Fed Empl Credit Union Acts — Interest
IBM common stock — Int/Div
Sr.Hi Inc Port. (renamed BlackRock Sr.Hi.l ne) — Int/Div — Sold — Pt. VIII, n.4
Time Wamer c/stock — Int/Div — Sold
Intel c/stock — Int/Div
Waste Management c/stock — Int/Div
Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Income Fund — Int/Div
Hewlett-Packard c/stock — Int/Div
Caremark c/stock (Now CVS Caremark) — Int/Div
MEFS Mid-Cap Growth Fund B — None
Putmam New Value Fund — None — Sold
MFS Value Fund B — Int/Div — Pt. VIII, #3
Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund — Int/Div
BlackRock Large Cap Value — Int/Div
BlackRock Value Opportunities — Int/Div
I Shares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
Third Avenue Fund — Int/Div — Buy — more
Third Avenue Fund — Int/Div — Sold
I Shares Russell Midcap Index Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
I Shares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fd. — Int/Div
Vanguard Intem'l Eq. Idx. Emerg. Mkt. Etf — Int/Div — Buy — more
I Shares Russell 2000 Index Fd — Int/Div
I Shares Russell Midcap Growth Index — Int/Div
JP Morgan Growth Advantage Fd. — None — Buy — more
JP Morgan Intrepid Intem'l Fd — Int/Div — Buy — more
JPMorgan Intrepid Intern] Fd. — Int/Div — Sold (part)
JP Morgan Asia Equity Fd — Int/Div — Buy — more
JPMorgan Asia Equity Fd. — Int/Div — Sold (part)
JP Morgan Tax Aware Short Intrmed Inc — Int/Div
JP Morgan Intermed. Tx. Free Bond — Int/Div — Buy — more
JP Morgan Tax Aware Real Ret. Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
JP Morgan Intrepid Growth Fd. — None — Buy — more
JPMorgan Intrepid Growth Fd. — None — Sold
Fidelity Adv. Hi Inc Advantage Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
Fidelity Adv. Hi Inc Advantage Fd — Int/Div — Buy — more
Harbor Fd. Intem'l Fd. Instl C1 — Int/Div — Buy — more
JP Morgan US Large Cap Core Plus — Int/Div
JP Morgan US Equity Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
JP Morgan Intrepid America Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
JPMorgan Intrepid America Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — more
JP Morgan/Chase checking account — Interest — changes
JP Morgan/Chase savings account — Interest — changes
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd. (asset acct) — Int/Div — Part VIII, n.2
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd. (investment acct) — Int/Div — Part VIII, n.2
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd. (retirement account) — Int/Div — Part VIII, n.2
JP Morgan Chase CD — Interest — Matured
JPMorgan Chase CD — Interest — Buy
JPMorgan Chase CD — Interest — Matured
JPMorgan Short Duration Bd. Fd. — Interest — Buy
IShares Tr US Treas. Infln.Prot.Secs. Fd. — Int/Div — Buy — Barclays Tips Bd.
JPMorgan Intem’'l Value Fund — Int/Div — Buy
JPMorgan Highbridge Stat Mkt Neut Fd — Int/Div — Buy
Manning & Napier Fd Inc New Eq Ser — Int/Div — Buy
Spdr Tr Unit Ser 1 — Int/Div — Buy
Eaton Vance Invt Tr Lg Cap Value Fd — Int/Div — Buy
Dodge & Cox Fds Intl Stk Fd — Int/Div — Buy
Member, Visiting Committee to the Divinity School, University of Chicago
Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Humanities Council
Member, Board of Directors, Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School
Income — See Section VIII, note 1 — $0.00
associations.” Memorandum from James C. Duff to Judges, U.S. Courts (Oct. 20
2008)
You inquire whether your acceptance of privileges at the Union League Club
(“Club”) for a monthly fee of $73 violates the honorary club membership
restriction. Information about the Club and your privileges is contained in your
inquiry and in a memorandum that you supplied from another privilege holder who
is a federal district judge in Chicago
The Club offers seventeen membership categories, including “Honorary
Members,” but judges do not participate under any of these membership
categories. Instead, the Club offers judges access to Club facilities and services as
“Judicial Privilege Holders
The Club has similar Privilege Holder categories for
clergy, distinguished artists, elected officials, consuls general, military officers, and
relatives of members. Privilege Holders have restricted rights in the Club; they
may not vote, hold any office in the Club, or serve on a standing committee
Each Judicial Privilege Holder pays a $73 monthly fee, the same fee that is
charged to clergy and military Privilege Holders. Consuls general, distinguished
artists, and elected officials pay no monthly fee. The $73 fee is equal to the fee
charged to the youngest class of Members. Privilege Holders may eat at the Club
host banquets and other meetings, use the barber shop, and stay in the hotel rooms
Privilege Holders pay the same amount for these services as regular Members.
Services available to Privilege Holders do not include the Club’s athletic facilities,
for which an extra monthly fee is required. Members’ fees rise over time (to a high
of $245 a month), but the Club only raises the Privilege Holder/young Member fee
occasionally to cover increased overhead costs. The Club has indicated that the $73
monthly fee more than covers the overhead costs incurred by the Club with respect
to each individual in that dues category.
According to section (a)(1) of the Club Amendment, the term “gift” takes its
meaning from section 109(5) of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C. App., and
includes “a payment, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, or
anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is received by the
donor.” While the terms “honorary” and
mbership” are not defined, the statute
appears to apply to gifts of special access privileges extended to judges because of
their office and offered at a rate below that paid by individuals who are not judges
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