Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koenig
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
557 F.3d 736 (7th Cir. 2009)
Relevant factsFree
In the SEC's (plaintiff) securities-fraud trial against former Waste Management CEO Koenig (defendant), the trial judge allowed jurors to submit questions for witnesses, which he then screened -- asking some verbatim, reformulating others, and declining to ask ones he deemed inappropriate or repetitive; the jury ultimately ruled for the SEC, and Koenig appealed, challenging the propriety of allowing juror questions at all.
IssueFree
Whether a trial judge may permit jurors to pose questions to witnesses.