Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Espy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1993No. Nos. 91-3123, 91-3384PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us on appeal from a decision by the district court1 dismissing as moot an action against officers of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). The appellants claim that the FmHA violated a court ordered injunction and they seek civil compensatory contempt damages. We affirm the decision of the district court dismissing these actions, although we do so on different grounds. We hold that these compensatory civil contempt actions are barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
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A. Procedural History
These contempt proceedings arise out of a dispute that…
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