the United States Supreme Court in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349 (1978), now the leading American decision on judicial immunity. Eschbach received national attention in 1981 when he sentenced former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz to 30 days in federal prison for tax fraud. During the air traffic controllers' strike the same year, he ordered controllers in Fort Wayne to continue working. References Sources 1920 births 2005 deaths People from Warsaw, Indiana Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana United States district court judges appointed by John F. Kennedy Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges United States Navy personnel of World War II