Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, Alan M. Cohen, Receiver-Appellee v. Martin A. Armstrong

JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This motion to dismiss an appeal from an adjudication of civil contempt requires at least preliminary consideration of whether in some limited circumstances a party may obtain appellate review of a civil contempt sanction prior to entry of a final judgment in the underlying action. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and Temporary Receiver Alan M. Cohen move to dismiss the appeal of Martin A. Armstrong from the July 6, 2001, ruling of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard…