Legal Opinion
E. E. Morgan v. Fred Thomas, Sheriff of Hinds County, Miss., Etc., United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1971No. 71-1152_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment, 321 F.Supp. 565, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by which the appellant Morgan seeks to challenge collaterally a decree adjudging him to be in civil contempt for failing to comply with a decree of the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, and directing that he be fined and imprisoned until he purge himself of contempt. The decree with which he refuses to comply resulted out of a proceeding in the nature of a judgment creditor’s bill and directed Morgan, among other things, to file with the court and United States…
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