Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.

Petitioners in these cases were found guilty of criminal contempt by a jury, pursuant to 18 U. S. C. §401(3), for their *790violation of the District Court’s injunction prohibiting infringement of respondent’s trademark. They received sentences ranging from six months to five years.1 On appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, petitioners urged that the District Court erred in appointing respondent’s attorneys, rather than a disinterested attorney, to prosecute the contempt. The Court of Appeals affirmed, 780 F. 2d 179 (1985), and we granted certiorari, 477 U. S. 903 (1986). We now…