United States Seventh Circuit

Where the district court attempted to coerce contemnor into involuntarily producing documents sought by government, and the contemnor retained the ability to "purge" the contempt by producing the records sought, the court's order was a paradigmatic, coercive, civil sanction, not a criminal contempt order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2002
• Published 02/14/2002

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Costello (argued), Springfield, IL, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John E. Childress (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Springfield, IL, for appellee.