United States Second Circuit

The district court abused its discretion when it held defendants in contempt because the court's legal conclusions under the three-pronged contempt test lacked factual support.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/21/2003
• Published 10/21/2003

Judges

• McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge., Before:  McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin D. McDonald,Edwin L. Fountain, Jonathan Berman, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., Frank J. Silvestri, Jr.Robert M. Frost, Jr., Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.