Republic Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The decree here on appeal is for contempt and runs against the Republic Electric Company, Inc., and Herman J. Jaeger. It was entered when an appeal from a decree for a' preliminary injunction against these and other defendants was pending in this court. As Jaeger was on that appeal released from the preliminary injunction [27 F.(2d) 595], manifestly he cannot be held in contempt for violating an injunction from which he now stands discharged. Therefore the decree for contempt in so far as it affects Jaeger is re- ' versed.

Laying aside the appellee’s motion to dismiss…