The nation’s top justices have passed on the Cook County public defender’s appeal over conflict-of-interest standards.Lawyers for Amy P. Campanelli asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of forcing public lawyers to represent multiple defendants who may have competing interests.Cook County Associate Judge Michele M. Pitman held Campanelli in direct civil contempt on June 15, 2016, for refusing Pitman’s appointment of the public defender as counsel for a defendant, when that office …