United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit over violations of a franchise agreement, judgment of contempt for failure to comply with a preliminary injunction to make available to plaintiff certain items, including patient files, is affirmed where: 1) defendant was given an opportunity to purge the contempt through compliance; 2) defendant waived his arguments that the sanction was excessive and unrelated to plaintiff's damages; and 3) defendant was given sufficient leniency as a pro se litigant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2008
• Decided 09/03/2008
• Published 09/03/2008

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Wall (argued), Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., John O. Noland, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.