United States Second Circuit
DORAL PRODUCE CORP. v. PAUL STEINBERG ASSOC., INC., 02-9264
Contempt against an attorney for violating an order, by asking a question the court deemed prohibited by its earlier rulings, is reversed where the order was insufficiently clear to give clear warning that the conduct was prohibited and where the lawyer was not offered notice or a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/15/2003
- Published 10/15/2003
Judges
- LEVAL and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges., Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, and LEVAL and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John D.B. Lewis,Gary E. Divis, New York, N.Y. (on the brief), for Appellant.