Legal Opinion
Dennis E. Whitfield, Deputy Secretary of United States Department of Labor v. Roland R. Pennington, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1987No. 87-2140PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
The Secretary of the United States Department of Labor appeals from the district court’s denial of the Secretary’s motion to reconsider or vacate the district court’s earlier decision refusing to hold Roland R. Pennington, Jr. and James M. Donnell in civil contempt for refusing to make specified payments due under a consent order. As we find that the district court abused its discretion by failing to hold Pennington and Donnell in civil contempt, we reverse.
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A. The Consent Order
The instant appeal arises from proceedings initiated by the Secretary of the Unit ed States…
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