Joan B. Gottschall
2007
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61
investments
4
positions
0
gifts
0
agreements
0
debts
0
reimbursements
1
income
1
spouse income
Named parties
- *
- 40%
- 60%
- line 26
- approx
- Part VIII. n.2
- Part VIII, n.2
- Visiting Committee to the Divinity School, University of Chicago
- Illinois Humanities Council
- Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School
- The Rhodes Trust
- See Section VIII, note
- Union League Club of Chicago
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 (renamed Strategic Growth A) — None
Eaton Vance Muni Bond Fund — Int/Div — Sell
7. US Treasury Strip (11-15-09) — None
Fed Empl Credit Union Accts — Interest
IBM common stock — Int/Div — *
Sr.Hi Inc Port.(renamed BlackRock Sr.Hi.Inc.) — Int/Div
Viacom c/stock Class A — Int/Div — Sell
Viacom c/stock Class B — Int/Div — Sell
Munder Intemet Fund — None — Sell
Time Warmer c¢/stock — Int/Div
Intel ¢/stock — Int/Div
Waste Management c/stock — Int/Div
Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Income Fund . — Int/Div
Flextronics c/stock — None — Sell
Hewlett-Packard c/stock — Int/Div
Caremark c/stock (Now CVS Caremark) — Int/Div
Dycom c/stock A — None — Sell
MVSN c/stock — None — Sell
MFS Mid-Cap Growth Fund B — None
Putnam New Value Fund — None — Sell — 40%
MFS Utilities Fund — Int/Div — Sell
MEFS Govt Securities Fund — Int/Div — Sell
MEFS Value Fund B — Int/Div — Sell — 60%
MEFS Core Growth — None — Sell
Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund — Int/Div
MEFS Govt Sec B — Int/Div — Sell — line 26
BlackRock Large Cap Value — Int/Div
BlackRock Value Opportunities — Int/Div
MS (now BlackRock) MuniEnhanced Fund — Interest — Sell
CBS Cl. A c/stock (sold 5/07) — Int/Div — Sell
CBS CI. B c¢/stock (sold 5/07) — Int/Div — Sell
MS Bank Dep. Program — Interest — Sold
I Shares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fd. — Int/Div — Bought
Third Avenue Fund — Int/Div — Bought
1 Shares Russell Midcap Index Fd — Int/Div — Bought
Shares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fd — Int/Div — Bought
Vanguard Inten'l Eq. 1dx. Emerg. Mkt. Etf — Int/Div — Bought
Shares Russell 2000 Index Fd. — Int/Div — Bought
Shares Russell Midcap Growth Index — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Growth Advantage Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Intrepid Intern'l Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Asia Equity Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Tax Aware Short Intrmed Inc — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Intermed. Tx. Free Bond — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Tax Aware Real Ret. Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Intrepid Growth Fd — Int/Div — Bought
Fidelity Adv. Hi Inc Advantage Fd. — Int/Div — Bought
Harbor Fd. Intem'l Fd. Insti Cl — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan US Equity Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan Intrepid America Fd — Int/Div — Bought
JPMorgan/Chase checking account — Interest — Bought — approx
JPMorgan Chase savings account — Interest — Bought — approx
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd (brokerage acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII. n.2
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fd (investmt acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII, n.2
JP Morgan Chase 100% US Treasury MM Fund (retirement acct) — Int/Div — Bought — Part VIII, n.2
JP Morgan Chase CD — Interest — Bought
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
Chair, District Selection Committee, The Rhodes Trust
Income — See Section VIII, note — $0.00
Spouse's income — Reduced annual dues for judges — Union League Club of Chicago
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Cottsrhall
United States District Court
219 South Dearborn Street
Chicago,
Illinois
60604
Re
Docket No
828
Dear Judge Gottschall
In 1986,
1987,
and 1988 you,
along with
edited and proofread a manuscript on a non-legal subject written by
.
The manuscript was published as ‘a book by
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The book is selling well enough to produce income for its
publisher,
author, and editors.
who reside in Canada
have proposed formation of a partnership under Canadian’ laws whose
assets will be all the rights to the book.
The partners will be
and you.
After the partnership is
n turn,
be dissolved and the assets transferred
to a Canadian corporation whose shareholders will be the partners
of the dissolved partnership
After the partnership is formed
your sole role will be to serve as a shareholder.
As a sharehold-
er,
you will share in proceeds arising from the sales of the book
and the use of the rights to the book
You ask whether you may
participate
in
this
arranger
ord
a
without trancagressing either the
Code of Conduct for United States Judges or the Ethics Reform Act
of 1989.
The receipt of income from writing or editing a book is
permitted under the Code of Conduct
Canon 5A says
"A judge may
write
.
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on non-legal subjects."
The Committee believes that
editing
and proofreading
are
activities
covered by the word
"writing."
And the Committee has approved
at least implicitly,
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the receipt of income from writing
Advisory Opinion No
There are restrictions on the manner in which a judge's name may bs
used in the promotion of a book, but, we assume
these restrictions
are not likely to be involved in your case since you are not the
author and your name is unlikely to be used in connection with
selling of the book
Nor is there anything about the nature of the
This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.