Legal Opinion
Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Wayne L. Yashinsky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1999No. 97-1592PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Wayne L. Yashinsky appeals the District Court’s denial of his “motion to purge” a contempt order against him and its denial of his motion to recuse the district court judge. The District Court entered the contempt order over ten years ago after Yashinsky failed to comply with a post-judgment subpoena. We find that the coercive aspect of the contempt order is now mooted because the underlying judgment has expired under Michigan’s statute of limitations on judgments. However, the attorney fees and costs awarded in the contempt order are compensatory and…
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