young ex rel vuitton et fils argued january decided may agreement settling suit named defendants two petitioners consented entry permanent injunction prohibiting infringing trademark respondent leather goods manufacturer hereinafter respondent subsequently upon submission affidavit respondent attorneys district found probable cause believe petitioners engaged conduct violative injunction therefore granted request respondent attorneys appointment special counsel represent government investigation prosecution criminal contempt action petitioners ultimately jury convicted petitioners either criminal contempt aiding abetting contempt appeals affirmed rejecting petitioners contention appointment respondent attorneys special counsel violated right prosecuted impartial prosecutor stated inter alia judge supervision contempt prosecution generally sufficient prevent danger special prosecutor use threat prosecution bargaining chip civil negotiations held judgment reversed reversed justice brennan delivered opinion parts ii iv concluding district courts authority appoint private attorneys prosecute criminal contempt actions pp although federal rule criminal procedure authorize appointment private attorneys reference appointments acknowledges rule courts possess inherent authority initiate contempt proceedings disobedience orders authority necessarily includes ability appoint private attorney prosecute contempt contention attorney office may bring contempt prosecution unavailing since judiciary must independent means vindicate authority without dependence another branch decide whether proceedings initiated pp courts authority initiate contempt prosecutions limited summary punishment contempts extends contempts well underlying basis contempt power need address disobedience orders regardless whether disobedience interferes conduct trial distinction contempts drawn define authority initiate contempt prosecution prescribe procedures must attend exercise authority thus although proceedings response contempts sufficiently criminal nature warrant imposition many procedural protections mean prosecution undertaken executive branch obscure fact limited purpose proceedings vindicate judicial authority pp order ensure courts exercise inherent power last resort ordinarily request appropriate prosecuting authority prosecute contempt actions appoint private prosecutor request denied pp counsel party beneficiary order may appointed undertake criminal contempt prosecutions alleged violations order private attorney appointed prosecute criminal contempt disinterested public prosecutor since attorney appointed solely pursue public interest vindication authority case prosecutor also represents interested party however legal profession ethical rules may require prosecutor take account interest government creates intolerable danger public interest compromised produces least appearance impropriety fact judge makes initial decision proceed contempt prosecution sufficient quell concern interested prosecutor may influenced improper motives since prosecutor exercises considerable discretion matters critical case outside supervision requirement disinterested prosecutor consistent earlier decisions recognizing prosecutors need disinterested judges cases require informed speculation whether prosecutor subject extraneous influence whereas influence virtual certainty cases present pp justice brennan joined justice marshall justice blackmun justice stevens concluded part doctrine apply appoints counsel interested party contempt prosecutor since error fundamental pervasive requires reversal without regard facts circumstances particular case pp justice scalia concluded district error appointing respondent attorneys prosecute contempts requires reversal convictions appointments defective federal courts constitutional power prosecute contemners disobedience judgments power derivative appoint attorneys conduct contempt prosecutions light discretion allowed prosecutors broad decisions prosecute ordinarily unreviewable impossible conclude certainty prosecutions brought simply referred matter executive branch together klayminc ex rel vuitton et fils et also certiorari james cohen argued cause petitioners briefs leonard comden william weininger deputy solicitor general bryson argued cause amicus curiae urging reversal brief solicitor general fried assistant attorney general trott edwin kneedler gloria phares joseph bainton argued cause respondents brief robert devlin justice brennan delivered opinion respect parts ii iv opinion respect part justice marshall justice blackmun justice stevens join petitioners cases found guilty criminal contempt jury pursuant violation district injunction prohibiting infringement respondent trademark received sentences ranging six months five years appeal appeals second circuit petitioners urged district erred appointing respondent attorneys rather disinterested attorney prosecute contempt appeals affirmed granted certiorari reverse exercising supervisory power hold counsel party beneficiary order may appointed undertake contempt prosecutions alleged violations order injunction petitioners violated cases result settlement lawsuit brought december district southern district new york louis vuitton french leather goods manufacturer sol klayminc wife sylvia son barry klaymincs businesses karen bags jade handbag jak handbag vuitton alleged suit klaymincs manufacturing imitation vuitton goods sale distribution vuitton trademark found valid vuitton et fils young enterprises vuitton klaymincs entered settlement agreement july agreement klaymincs agreed pay vuitton damages consented entry permanent injunction prohibiting inter alia manufacturing producing distributing circulating selling offering sale advertising promoting displaying product bearing simulation reproduction counterfeit copy colorable imitation vuitton registered trademark app pet cert early vuitton companies concerned possible trademark infringement contacted florida investigation firm proposal conduct undercover sting operation firm retained melvin weinberg gunner askeland two former federal bureau investigation agents set pose persons interested purchasing counterfeit goods weinberg expressed interest petitioner nathan helfand discussed klayminc wife possibility weinberg askeland might invest haitian factory devoted manufacture counterfeit vuitton gucci goods klayminc signed documents described nature factory operation provided estimate cost counterfeited goods addition klayminc delivered sample counterfeit vuitton bags helfand weinberg askeland inspection four days helfand met klayminc march vuitton attorney joseph bainton requested district appoint colleague robert devlin special counsel prosecute criminal contempt action violation injunction infringing vuitton trademark app bainton affidavit support request recounted developments helfand klayminc pointed devlin previously appointed prosecute sol klayminc contempt earlier preliminary injunction vuitton lawsuit bainton also indicated next step sting meeting among sol barry klayminc weinberg askeland sol deliver counterfeit vuitton handbags bainton sought permission conduct videotape meeting continue engage undercover investigative activity responded bainton day request found probable cause believe petitioners engaged conduct contumacious injunctive order appointed bainton devlin represent investigation prosecution activity proposed bainton affidavit week bainton appointment april suggested bainton inform attorney office appointment impending investigation bainton offering make available tape recordings evidence chief criminal division office expressed interest beyond wishing bainton good luck course next month audio video tapes made meetings telephone conversations petitioners investigators basis evidence bainton requested district signed order april directing petitioners show cause parties cited contempt either violating aiding abetting violation july permanent injunction app pet cert petitioners pretrial motions opposing order show cause appointment bainton devlin special prosecutors denied ex rel vuitton et fils karen bags supp sdny two defendants subsequently entered guilty pleas sol klayminc ultimately convicted following jury trial criminal contempt petitioners convicted aiding abetting contempt trial denied motions ex rel vuitton et fils karen bags supp sdny appeal appeals second circuit petitioners argued inter alia appointment bainton devlin special prosecutors violated right prosecuted impartial prosecutor rejected contention citing decision musidor great american screen cert denied suggested interested attorney often source information contempts occurring outside presence stated supervision contempt prosecutions judge generally sufficient prevent danger special prosecutor use threat prosecution bargaining chip civil negotiations furthermore stated authority prosecute encompasses authority engage necessary investigative activity sting conducted case appeals therefore affirmed petitioners contempt convictions ii petitioners first contend district lacked authority appoint private attorney prosecute contempt action result attorney office permissibly brought prosecution disagree true federal rule criminal procedure provide authorization appointment private attorney long settled courts possess inherent authority initiate contempt proceedings disobedience orders authority necessarily encompasses ability appoint private attorney prosecute contempt terms rule speaks procedure providing notice criminal contempt required state essential facts constituting criminal contempt charged describe notice must given judge open application attorney attorney appointed purpose order show cause order arrest rule reference appointment private attorney submit show cause order assumes practice private prosecution contempts purport serve authorization practice rule simply requires private prosecutor appointed sufficient notice must provided contempt proceeding criminal nature rule assumption private attorneys may used prosecute contempt actions reflects longstanding acknowledgment initiation contempt proceedings punish disobedience orders part judicial function declared michaelson ex rel chicago power punish contempts inherent courts many times decided may regarded settled law essential administration justice courts called existence vested jurisdiction subject became possessed power petitioners contend ability courts initiate contempt prosecutions limited summary punishment contempts interfere judicial process argue contempts require prosecution party essentially conventional crimes prosecution may initiated executive branch underlying concern gave rise contempt power however merely disruption proceedings rather disobedience orders judiciary regardless whether disobedience interfered conduct trial see bessette conkey contempt power uniformly held necessary protection insults oppressions ordinary course duties enable enforce judgments orders necessary due administration law protection rights suitors emphasis added ex parte robinson wall existence contempt power essential preservation order judicial proceedings enforcement judgments orders writs courts consequently due administration justice emphasis added anderson dunn wheat courts creation vested power impose silence respect decorum presence submission lawful mandates emphasis added distinction contempts drawn define authority initiate prosecution contempt purpose prescribing procedures must attend exercise authority said bloom illinois efore century distinction carefully drawn contempts occurring within view hearing formal presentation evidence dispensed contempts normal adversary procedures required thus instance found defendants criminal contempt proceedings must presumed innocent proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt accorded right refuse testify gompers supra must advised charges reasonable opportunity respond permitted assistance counsel right call witnesses cooke must given public trial unbiased judge oliver must afforded jury trial serious contempts bloom supra congress also regulated manner courts exercise power prosecute contempts narrowing class contempts subject summary punishment act mar stat furthermore rule distinguishes contempt committed presence may summarily punished contempts may punished upon notice hearing manner prosecution contempt exercised therefore may regulated congress michaelson constitutional review bloom supra supervisory power cheff schnackenberg however exercise contempt power subject reasonable regulation attributes inhere power inseparable neither abrogated rendered practically inoperative michaelson supra thus prosecution contempts must proceed different manner proceed instigation fact come regard criminal contempt crime ordinary sense bloom supra mean prosecution contempt must considered execution criminal law executive branch may engage insistence criminal character contempt prosecutions intended rebut earlier characterizations actions undeserving protections normally provided criminal proceedings see debs jury trial criminal contempt actions case securing suitors rights adjudged entitled criminal procedure protections required prosecutions obscure fact proceedings intended punish conduct proscribed harmful general criminal laws rather designed serve limited purpose vindicating authority punishing contempt judiciary sanctioning conduct violates specific duties imposed arising directly parties participation judicial proceedings petitioners assertion district lacked authority appoint private attorney prosecute contempt action cases thus without merit contempt proceedings sufficiently criminal nature warrant imposition many procedural protections fundamental purpose preserve respect judicial system result courts long must continue authority appoint private attorneys initiate proceedings need arises authority initiate prosecution criminal contempt exercise authority must restrained principle least possible power adequate end proposed used contempt cases wilson quoting anderson dunn suggested instance confronted witness refuses testify trial judge first consider feasibility prompting testimony imposition civil contempt utilizing criminal sanctions civil remedy deemed inadequate shillitani principle restraint contempt counsels caution exercise power appoint private prosecutor repeat rationale appointment authority necessity judiciary completely dependent executive branch redress direct affronts authority powerless protect branch declined prosecution logic rationale ordinarily first request appropriate prosecuting authority prosecute contempt actions appoint private prosecutor request denied procedure ensures exercise inherent power last resort practice courts reasonably expect public prosecutor accept responsibility prosecution indeed attorney manual expressly provides great majority cases dedication executive branch preservation respect judicial authority makes acceptance attorney request prosecute mere formality referral thus enhance prospect investigative activity conducted trained prosecutors pursuant justice department guidelines case district first refer case attorney office appointment bainton devlin special prosecutors need address ramifications failure however even referral made hold exercise supervisory power erred appointing prosecutors counsel interested party underlying civil litigation iii berger declared attorney representative ordinary party controversy sovereignty whose obligation govern impartially compelling obligation govern whose interest therefore criminal prosecution shall win case justice shall done peculiar definite sense servant law twofold aim guilt shall escape innocence suffer unique responsibility federal prosecutors prohibited representing government matter family business associates interest furthermore justice department applied attorneys aba model code professional responsibility cfr contains numerous provisions relating conflicts interest concern representation clients may compromise prosecutor pursuit government interest rests recognition prosecutor owe ethical duty clients indeed highest claim noble advocate causes problem fidelity unquestioned continuing fidelity client brotherhood locomotive firemen enginemen private attorneys appointed prosecute criminal contempt action represent party beneficiary order allegedly violated said gompers criminal contempt proceedings arising civil litigation public defendant part original cause prosecutor appointed solely pursue public interest vindication authority private attorney appointed prosecute criminal contempt therefore certainly disinterested public prosecutor undertakes prosecution justice department attorney pursued contempt prosecution violation injunction benefiting client attorney involved underlying civil litigation attorney open charge committing felony furthermore conduct violate aba ethical provisions since attorney discharge obligation undivided loyalty clients direct interest government interest dispassionate assessment propriety criminal charges affronts judiciary private party interest obtaining benefits order concerns sometimes may congruent sometimes may prosecutor may tempted bring tenuously supported prosecution course promises financial legal rewards private client conversely prosecutor may tempted abandon meritorious prosecution settlement providing benefits private client conditioned recommendation criminal charges regardless whether appointment private counsel case resulted prosecutorial impropriety issue express opinion appointment illustrates potential private interest influence discharge public duty vuitton california litigation culminated permanent injunction consent decree favor vuitton petitioner young relating various trademark infringement activities decree contained liquidated damages provision violation injunction prospect damages award potential influence whether young selected target investigation whether might offered plea bargain whether might offered immunity return testimony addition bainton defendant defamation action filed klayminc arising bainton involvement litigation resulting injunction whose violation issue case created possibility investigation klayminc might shaped part desire obtain information useful defense defamation suit furthermore vuitton various civil claims pending petitioners claims theoretically created temptation use criminal investigation gather information use suits served bargaining leverage obtaining pleas criminal prosecution short generally case appointment counsel interested party bring contempt prosecution case minimum created opportunities conflicts arise created least appearance impropriety apparent fact judge makes initial decision contempt prosecution proceed sufficient quell concern prosecution interested party may influenced improper motives prosecutor exercises considerable discretion matters determination persons targets investigation methods investigation used information sought evidence persons charged offenses persons utilized witnesses whether enter plea bargains terms established whether individuals granted immunity decisions critical conduct prosecution made outside supervision requirement disinterested prosecutor consistent recognition prosecutors may necessarily held stringent standard disinterest judges adversary system prosecutors necessarily permitted zealous enforcement law marshall jerrico thus declined find conflict interest situations potential conflict part judge might intolerable see fact sums collected civil penalties returned agency defray administrative costs presented remote potential conflict agency enforcement efforts ordinarily speculate whether interests likely influence enforcement officer speculation informed appreciation prosecutor role case prosecutor represents interested party however ethics legal profession require interest government taken account given inherent conflict roles need speculate whether prosecutor subject extraneous influence said bloom modern times procedures criminal contempt cases come mirror used ordinary criminal cases requirement disinterested prosecutor consistent trend since scheme injecting personal interest financial otherwise enforcement process may bring irrelevant impermissible factors prosecutorial decision use supervisory authority played prominent role ensuring contempt proceedings conducted manner consistent basic notions fairness see cheff requiring jury trial imposition contempt sentences greater six months yates reducing contempt sentence light miscalculation number offenses committed offutt contempt conviction reversed case judge involved personal conflict contemner exercise supervisory authority especially appropriate determination procedures employed courts enforce orders subject directly concerns functioning judiciary rely today authority hold counsel party beneficiary order may appointed prosecutor contempt action alleging violation order next question must confront whether government opportunity demonstrate harmless error appoint counsel interested party contempt prosecutor see chapman california held errors fundamental pervasive require reversal without regard facts circumstances particular case delaware van arsdall find appointment interested prosecutor error error fundamental undermines confidence integrity criminal proceeding rose clark van arsdall supra vasquez hillery appointment interested prosecutor raises doubts prosecution someone conflicting loyalties calls question objectivity charged bringing defendant judgment vasquez supra fundamental premise society state wield formidable criminal enforcement powers rigorously disinterested fashion liberty may stake matters always sensitive possibility important actors criminal justice system may influenced factors threaten compromise performance duty held instance harmless error racial discrimination infect selection grand jury vasquez supra petit jury exposed publicity unfavorable defendant sheppard maxwell adjudication performed judicial officer faced conflict interest ward village monroeville tumey ohio true indicated standards neutrality prosecutors necessarily stringent applicable judicial officers see jerrico difference treatment relevant whether conflict found however gravity identified may require stronger showing prosecutor judge order conclude conflict interest exists drawn conclusion however deemed prosecutor subject influences undermine confidence prosecution conducted disinterested fashion case confidence proceeding officer plays critical role preparing presenting case defendant guilt furthermore appointment interested prosecutor creates appearance impropriety diminishes faith fairness criminal justice system general narrow focus analysis sensitive underlying concern prosecutor uses expansive prosecutorial powers gather information private purposes prosecution function seriously abused even process sufficient evidence obtained convict defendant prosecutors available terrible array coercive methods obtain information police investigation interrogation warrants informers agents whose activities immunized authorized wiretapping civil investigatory demands enhanced subpoena power wolfram modern legal ethics misuse methods unfairly harass citizens give unfair advantage prosecutor personal interests impair public willingness accept legitimate use powers ibid notwithstanding concern determination whether error harmful focuses whether reasonable possibility error complained might contributed conviction chapman supra quoting fahy connecticut concern actual prejudice circumstances misses point stake public perception integrity criminal justice system ustice must satisfy appearance justice offutt supra prosecutor conflicting loyalties presents appearance precisely opposite society interest disinterested prosecution therefore adequately protected analysis analysis sensitive fundamental nature error committed appointment interested prosecutor also error whose effects pervasive appointment calls question therefore requires scrutiny conduct entire prosecution rather simply discrete prosecutorial decision determining effect appointment thus extremely difficult prosecution contains myriad occasions exercise discretion goes shape record case part record said holloway arkansas rejecting application rule defense attorney conflict representing three codefendants normal case rule applied error occurs trial scope readily identifiable accordingly reviewing undertake confidence relatively narrow task assessing likelihood error materially affected deliberations jury case joint representation conflicting interests evil bears repeating advocate finds compelled refrain trial also possible pretrial negotiations sentencing process may possible cases identify record prejudice resulting attorney failure undertake certain trial tasks even record sentencing hearing available difficult judge intelligently impact conflict attorney representation client assess impact conflict interests attorney options tactics decisions plea negotiations virtually impossible thus inquiry claim harmless error require unlike cases unguided speculation citations omitted case us involves citizen primary adversary criminal proceeding armed expansive powers discretion public confidence disinterested conduct official essential analysis equal task assuring confidence best suited review discrete exercises judgment lower courts information available makes possible gauge effect decision trial whole case however establish categorical rule appointment interested prosecutor adherence requires subtle calculations judgment given fundamental pervasive effects appointment therefore hold analysis inappropriate reviewing appointment interested prosecutor case cf sells engineering prosecutorial use grand jury elicit evidence use civil case improper per se iv private life citizen public glare criminal accusation stands prosecutor state official power employ full machinery state scrutinizing given individual even defendant ultimately acquitted forced immersion criminal investigation adjudication wrenching disruption everyday life reason must assurance wield power guided solely sense public responsibility attainment justice prosecutor contempt action represents private beneficiary order allegedly violated provide assurance attorney required standards profession serve two masters appointment counsel vuitton conduct contempt prosecution cases therefore improper accordingly judgment appeals reversed footnotes provision shall power punish fine imprisonment discretion contempt authority none disobedience resistance lawful writ process order rule decree command case held proper district appoint special prosecutor counsel plaintiffs civil action beneficiaries injunction allegedly violated rule provides relevant part disposition upon notice hearing criminal contempt except provided subdivision rule shall prosecuted notice notice shall state time place hearing allowing reasonable time preparation defense shall state essential facts constituting criminal contempt charged describe notice shall given orally judge open presence defendant application attorney attorney appointed purpose order show cause order arrest see wright byrne haakh westbrook wheat civil criminal contempt federal courts fed crim private parties entitled prosecute criminal contempt actions respondents claim reference appointment attorney request show cause order meant bestow authority appoint private prosecutor support proposition point advisory committee notes cite approval decision mccann new york stock exchange cert denied mccann judge learned hand expressed concern practice using private attorneys prosecute contempt actions might leave defendants unclear whether proceeding civil criminal declared need simple certain test character prosecution determined ibid judge hand suggested trial decides use attorney party underlying dispute prosecute action criminal nature proceeding made plain entry order directing attorney prosecute defendant criminally behalf ibid advisory committee notes rule state requirement second sentence notice shall describe criminal contempt intended obviate frequent confusion criminal civil contempt proceedings follows suggestion made mccann new york stock exchange emphasis added passage makes clear rule intended respond judge hand general exhortation defendant plainly advised contempt proceeding criminal nature requirement detailed notice second sentence serves purpose said mine workers rule designed insure realization contemnors prosecution criminal contempt contemplated rule respect follows suggestion made mccann notes give indication however reference third sentence rule use private attorneys serve notice means show cause order intended codify mccann suggestion private attorneys appointed prosecutors see also gompers bucks stove range power courts punish contempts necessary integral part independence judiciary absolutely essential performance duties imposed law ex parte robinson wall power punish contempts inherent courts fox history contempt contempt recognized phrase english law since twelfth century goldfarb contempt power power courts punish contempts one wends historically back early days england crown kent commentaries american law commenting immemorially exercised discretion courts respect contempts power initiate contempt proceeding necessity encompassed authority appoint attorney prosecute matter see ex rel brown lederer cert denied western fruit growers gotfried justice scalia concurrence suggests precedents regarding inherent contempt authority lost force decision bloom illinois post argument since bloom rejected holding debs courts inherent power summarily punish serious contempts since cases bloom debs assumed existence summary power precedents provide guidance authority respect contempts precedents however acknowledge inherent power institute contempt proceedings assume proceedings may summarily determine guilt respect serious criminal contempts bloom held second assumption incorrect nothing undermine first bloom rejection arguments regarding need vindicate judicial authority relates solely exercise summary contempt power see hen serious punishment contempt contemplated rejecting demand jury trial squared desirability vindicating authority ibid place little credence notion independence judiciary hangs power try contempts summarily case therefore justify ignoring consistent pronouncements inherent authority institute contempt proceedings case practical matter impairment judicial power produced requiring executive prosecute contempts substantial impairment produced requiring jury post concern impairment authority based fear alleged contemnor consider beyond reach law said gompers supra party make judge validity orders issued act disobedience set aside courts impotent constitution fittingly calls judicial power mere mockery measures carefully instituted time basis experience contempt proceedings undercut justice scalia argument appointment contempt prosecutors raises prospect tyrannical licentiousness post quoting anderson dunn wheat representing situation judge effect mak laws prosecut violation si judgment prosecutions post permi judge promulgate rule behavior prosecute violation adjudicate whether violation took place post justice scalia concurrence suggests logic resting ability institute contempt proceeding need vindicate authority support inherent power part congress prosecute punish disobedience laws post authority inherently limited however nature judicial power jurisdiction contempt proceeding particular persons whose legal obligations result earlier participation proceedings contrast congressional prosecutorial power concurrence hypothesizes admit limit parties potentially subject power include entire population acknowledging limited authority courts appoint contempt prosecutors thus provides principle wielded eradicate fundamental boundaries see fbi undercover activities authorization oversight hearings subcommittee civil constitutional rights house committee judiciary setting forth attorney general detailed guidelines conduct undercover investigations bainton send following letter attorney office one week appointment special prosecutor dear pedowitz suggestion judge brieant bringing attention order signed judge lasker judge brieant absence criminal contempt proceedings together affidavit mine submitted support order criminally contumacious events predicted affidavit come pass anyone office interest matter obviously willing make tape recordings evidence available review manner compromise chain custody truly joseph bainton letter plainly sent request attorney office prosecute contempt rather simply notice office bainton prosecuting action section provides except permitted subsection hereof whoever officer employee executive branch government independent agency federal reserve bank director officer employee district columbia including special government employee participates personally substantially government officer employee decision approval disapproval recommendation rendering advice investigation otherwise judicial proceeding application request ruling determination contract claim controversy charge accusation arrest particular matter knowledge spouse minor child partner organization serving officer director trustee partner employee person organization negotiating arrangement concerning prospective employment financial interest shall fined imprisoned two years see disciplinary rule dr lawyer refuse accept continue employment interests another client may impair exercise independent judgment ec professional judgment lawyer exercised solely benefit client free compromising influences loyalties ec lawyer accept proffered employment reasonable probability personal interests affect adversely advice given services rendered prospective client ec independent professional judgment compromised lawyer asked represent two clients may differing interests whether interests conflicting inconsistent diverse otherwise discordant ec possibility conflict representation multiple clients lawyer resolve doubts propriety representation ec lawyer duty avoid professional impropriety also appearance impropriety see also attorney manual cautioning activity creates appears create conflict interest furthermore aside concern standards prosecutors held attorney interested party prosecutes contempt action must reckon proscriptions conflicts interest applicable lawyers see supra see ec supra ec lawyer employed retained corporation similar entity owes allegiance entity stockholder director officer employee representative person connected entity advising entity lawyer keep paramount interests professional judgment influenced personal desires person organization potential misconduct created appointment interested prosecutor outweighed fact counsel beneficiary order may often familiar allegedly contumacious conduct familiarity may put use assisting disinterested prosecutor pursuing contempt action justify permitting counsel private party control prosecution concern reimbursement prosecutor support appointment appeals second circuit suggested musidor great american screen solicitor general represented general counsel administrative office courts construed statutes appropriating funds operation federal courts permit reimbursement legal fees attorneys appointed special prosecutors contempt actions brief amicus curiae payments approved past hourly rate justice department attorneys compensated furthermore normal practice first referring matter attorney office minimize number instances reimbursement necessary arrangement represents actual conflict interest potential misconduct deemed intolerable determination whether actual conflict interest therefore distinct determination whether conflict resulted actual misconduct true prosecutors may occasion overzealous become overly committed obtaining conviction problem however personal structural appeals sixth circuit said disapproving appointment interested contempt prosecutor polo fashions stock buyers cert pending overzealousness roots conflict interest manifests courts deal basis aberration quite different approving practice permit appointment prosecutors whose undivided loyalty pledged party interested conviction marshall jerrico see polo fashions supra appointment interested prosecutor disapproved exercise supervisory authority brotherhood locomotive firemen enginemen appointment interested prosecutor characterized due process violation acknowledged principle well hen private attorney also interested related civil litigation majority permit participate criminal prosecution note private prosecutors criminal contempt actions rule federal rules criminal procedure ford rev omitted see also listing cases see need distinguish serious contempts involving sentences exceeding six months contempts imposing requirement decision bloom illinois made distinction purpose determining contempt proceedings requiring jury trial distinction rested however recognition historically right jury trial available petty crimes aside right jury trial decisions constituting general trend toward greater procedural protections defendants contempt trials distinguished types contempt proceedings imposing protections case rely supervisory authority avoid necessity reaching constitutional issues mindful reversals convictions supervisory power must approached caution view toward balancing interests involved hasting citations omitted quoting payner interest infringed sufficiently important however hesitated find actual prejudice irrelevant utilizing supervisory authority see ballard using supervisory power find error exclusion women grand jury dismissing indictment expressly observe jerrico however need say whether different considerations might held apply alleged biasing influence contributed prosecutions particular persons rather general zealousness enforcement process marshall jerrico supra reason none state cases prohibit public prosecutor participating civil trial arising facts pending criminal prosecution concerned good faith prosecutor showing prejudice rather mere existence unethical situation sufficient require reversal potential abuse great comment outmoded concept private prosecution rev omitted see state burns mo case involving prosecutor conflict interest shall attempt weigh measure actual prejudice situation confronted heldt app distinguishable situation case heldt defendants sought reversal conviction ground alleged conflict interest part two assistant prosecutors even though defendants failed move disqualification trial appeals held circumstances defendants required show actual prejudice order obtain reversal contrast rule establish case defendant subject contempt prosecution counsel beneficiary order allegedly violated alleging equivalent violation point established fact one heldt analogous defendants case obtained trial disqualification prosecutors question ground prosecution violate prosecutors nonetheless continued participate prosecution defendants position defendants prosecuted violation rule establish today subject prosecution prosecutors whose involvement expressly found intolerable conflict interest justice blackmun concurring join justice brennan opinion go however hold practice federal state appointing interested party counsel prosecute criminal contempt violation due process constitutional concept view requires disinterested prosecutor unique responsibility serve public rather private client seek justice unfettered see brotherhood locomotive firemen enginemen see generally note private prosecutors criminal contempt actions rule federal rules criminal procedure ford rev justice scalia concurring judgment agree district appointment joseph bainton robert devlin special counsel prosecute petitioners contempt injunction earlier issued invalid action requires reversal petitioners convictions view however appointments defective failing fundamental relied upon prosecution individuals disregard orders except orders necessary protect courts ability function exercise judicial power art iii since grant power advanced authorizing appointments void since know whether petitioners prosecuted matter referred proper prosecuting authority convictions likewise void possible exception power appoint inferior federal officers irrelevant present cases power constitution permits vested federal courts judicial power art iii accordingly kind power federal judges may exercise virtue article iii commissions muskrat ferreira judicial power power decide accordance law prevail case controversy see art iii includes power serve neutral adjudicator criminal case include power seek law violators order punish quite incompatible task neutral adjudication accordingly well established judicial power generally include power prosecute crimes see cox en banc cert denied authorities cited therein brown concurring wisdom concurring see generally thompson rather since prosecution law violators part implementation laws least extent publicly exercised executive power vested constitution president art ii cl see heckler chaney buckley valeo general principles uncontested asserts however special exception prosecutions criminal contempt means securing compliance orders unless prosecuted courts argument goes efficaciousness judicial judgments mercy executive arrangement presumably absurd contemplate ante far absurd however carefully designed critical element system government numerous instances constitution leaves open theoretical possibility actions one branch may brought nought actions inactions another dispersion power central scheme forming government enough power serve expansive purposes set forth preamble constitution yet one secure blessings liberty rather use power tyranically congress example dependent executive courts enforcement laws enacts even complete failure executive prosecute law violators courts convict never thought authorize congressional prosecution trial executive turn perform function enforcing laws congress declines appropriate necessary funds purpose courts decline entertain valid prosecutions yet one suggests doctrine necessity authorizes executive raise money operations without congressional appropriation jail malefactors without conviction law one must wonder courts alone immune interdependence founding fathers certainty thought instructive compare claim ourts mercy another branch deciding whether contempt proceedings initiated ante views expressed one famous passages federalist judiciary nature functions always least dangerous political rights constitution least capacity annoy injure judiciary influence either sword purse direction either strength wealth society take active resolution whatever may truly said neither force merely judgment must ultimately depend upon aid executive arm even efficacy judgments federalist pp cooke ed hamilton emphasis added ii appeals longstanding acknowledgment initiation contempt proceedings punish disobedience orders part judicial function ante except however line cases beginning debs whose holding rationale since repudiated holding ever found inherent judicial power punish violating judgments contempt much less appoint officers prosecute contempts first reference special status federal courts contempt powers appeared hudson cranch question presented whether circuit courts power decide criminal cases congress conferred power prosecution argued part national government inherent power preserve existence ruled argument establish congress inherent power pass criminal laws federal courts inherent power without legislation adjudge crimes end discussion noted certain implied powers must necessarily result courts justice nature institution jurisdiction crimes state among powers fine contempt imprison contumacy inforce observance order powers dispensed necessary exercise others far courts doubt possess powers immediately derived statute exercise criminal jurisdiction common law cases opinion within implied powers nine years later anderson dunn wheat reiterated view contempt power inherent component judicial power case presented issue closely related questions source scope federal courts contempt power although still directly point whether house representatives direct sergeant arms seek person disrupted proceedings bring house tried contempt hold custody completion proceedings noted power given constitution either house punish contempts except committed members power asserted plea necessity ground broad result indefinite executive every even subordinate branch government may resort justification whole assume exercise power tyrannical licentiousness course recognizing limited power house pronounced dictum cited today opinion ourts justice universally acknowledged vested creation power impose silence respect decorum presence submission lawful mandates corollary proposition preserve officers approach insults pollution read context case seems likely meant mandates orders necessary conduct trial subpoenas event statement carefully considered opinion outer limits federal courts inherent contempt powers case hudson moreover statement suggest courts play role contempt process neutral adjudicator dictum judicial contempt power issue judiciary act already conferred authority said inherently possessed stat recognize however narrow principle necessity underlying anderson legislative executive judicial branches must possess powers necessary protect functioning processes although implicit powers may take form appears nonlegislative nonexecutive nonjudicial respectively logical application federal courts contempt powers principle require courts empowered prosecute contempt interfere orderly conduct business disobey orders necessary conduct business subpoenas require able prosecute punish merely disruption functioning disregard product functioning judgments correlative latter power congressional context inherent power part congress prosecute punish disobedience laws neither anderson rational person suggest imagine basis except limiting extension necessity doctrine courts alone even illogically limited courts pernicious enough light broad sweep modern judicial decrees binding effect laws apply notion judges effect making laws prosecuting violation sitting judgment prosecutions summons forth much vividly anderson ever imagined prospect tyrannical licentiousness anderson supra iii holdings conferring inherent contempt power enforce judgments emanate debs whose outcome reasoning disapproved circuit enjoined union officers organizers engaging activities disruptive interstate rail traffic held contempt failing comply injunction sentenced jail terms three six months rejected argument thereby deprived right jury trial stating power make order carries equal power punish disobedience order inquiry question disobedience time immemorial special function technical rule order may compel obedience orders must right inquire whether disobedience thereof submit question disobedience another tribunal jury another operate deprive proceeding half efficiency argues bloom control cases fact come regard criminal contempt crime ordinary sense bloom supra mean prosecution contempt must considered execution criminal law executive branch may engage ante argument added bloom draw distinction relied narrow anderson necessity principle courts must able conduct business free interference broad necessity principle courts must able anything required give effect decisions points true seems bloom nonetheless highly relevant present cases first eliminates holdings courts must autonomous power hold litigants contempt means enforcing judgments second makes clear argument necessity existence inherent power must restrained totality constitution lest swallow carefully crafted guarantees liberty principle may varying application guarantees inconceivable prevent flagrant violation latter permitting judge promulgate rule behavior prosecute violation adjudicate whether violation took place arrangement less fundamental threat liberty deprivation jury trial since liberty power judging separated legislative executive powers montesquieu spirit laws quoted federalist cooke ed moreover practical matter impairment judicial power produced requiring executive prosecute contempts substantial impairment produced requiring jury power acquit decisive power prosecute jury may abuse former power impunity whereas attorney must litigate regularly judges whose violated judgments ignores finally suggests various procedural protections constitution requires us provide contemners undercut argument judicial prosecution ante reverse argument structural provisions constitution sufficient indeed sure mechanism protecting liberty made adoption bill rights ultimately people elected checks right disregard one raises less prospect tyrannical licentiousness disregard argument disregard either therefore hold federal courts power prosecute contemners disobedience judgments derivative power appoint attorney conduct contempt prosecutions say course federal courts may impose criminal sentences contempts derive power source derive power pass crimes never contended may prosecute statute enacted congress criminalizing conduct books one form another since judiciary act supra see iv agree district judge error appointing bainton devlin prosecute contempts requires reversal convictions argument given permitting appoint attorney prosecute contempts attorney might exercise prosecutorial discretion pursue contemners makes clear result required light discretion system allows prosecutors broad ordinarily find decisions prosecute unreviewable see heckler chaney impossible conclude certainty prosecutions brought simply referred matter executive branch article ii cl provides congress may law vest appointment inferior officers think proper courts law emphasis added suggestion solicitor general brief appointments present cases might authorized provision brief amicus curiae contention abandoned argument however tr oral arg properly since regardless whether congress law authorize judicial appointment officer sort question need decide fact done closest thing law cited government federal rule criminal procedure notes ante purport bestow appointment power rather assumes preexistence event rule confer article ii appointment authority since rule rather enactment congress see ed supp iii order resolve present cases necessary decide power prosecute part judicial power conferred article iii courts necessary decide whether constitution vesting executive power president art ii cl forbids congress conferring prosecutory authority private persons time constitution existed england longstanding custom private prosecution see comment outmoded concept private prosecution rev unaware however private prosecution federal crimes judiciary act provided appointment judicial district meet person learned law act attorney whose duty shall prosecute district delinquents crimes offences cognizable authority stat see generally comment supra justice powell chief justice justice join concurring part dissenting part case district appointed counsel party civil suit prosecutor related criminal contempt proceeding appeals second circuit found district abuse discretion making appointment today reaches contrary conclusion agree district abused discretion case general matter courts appoint interested private lawyers prosecute charges criminal contempt agree underlying rationale opinion believe precedents call per se reversal therefore join judgment ethical rules legal profession prohibit representation two clients may differing interests ethical consideration american bar association model code professional responsibility emphasis added situation today correctly finds exist agree appointment counsel interested party bring contempt prosecution case minimum created opportunities conflicts arise ante emphasis original prosecutor occupies unique role criminal justice system essential carry duties fairly impartially private prosecutor appointed district also represents interested party possibility prosecutorial judgment compromised significant potential conflict interest warrants exercise supervisory powers hold improper appoint lawyer prosecute charge criminal contempt potential prosecutorial impropriety may justify conclusion appointments inappropriate justify invalidation conviction sentence case even constitutional errors found occurred found analysis appropriate chapman california recently noted defendant counsel tried impartial adjudicator strong presumption errors may occurred subject analysis rose clark error constitutional dimension moreover defendants counsel convicted criminal contempt impartial jury appeals found reason believe private prosecutor case acted unethically also found evidence offered trial ample support convictions ibid findings strongly imply error appointing private counsel case prosecute contempt proceeding harmless although authority review record evaluate claim hasting share concern effect conflicting interests integrity prosecutorial decisions may subtle accordingly remand cases appeals light decision today determine whether error appointing private attorney prosecute contempt proceeding issue harmless justice white dissenting agree general rule contempt cases first instance referred attorney district authority appoint private counsel prosecute exercised official declines prosecute also prefer district courts appoint attorney interested party prosecute contempt case understand rule intended embrace prior practice authorize require appointment attorneys interested parties leave amendment rule rulemaking process agree appeals error constitutional otherwise appointments made action petitioners denied due process law tried convicted contempt discern ground concluding petitioners receive fair trial affirm appeals