United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant-law firm violated a court order when it advised a debtor to pay other bills before paying a union pension fund the sum it owed for withdrawal liability under ERISA, and the district court did not err in finding defendant in civil contempt or in ordering sanctions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2005
• Published 05/04/2005

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BOWMAN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven Howard Schwartz, T. Michael Ward, John D. Briggs, Brown & James, St. Louis, MO, for Contemnor-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson L. Mitten, Riezman & Berger, St. Louis, MO, and William W. Leathem, Jacobs & Burns, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.