N.A. Sales Company, Inc. v. Chapman Industries Corp.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Chapman Industries Corp. (“Chapman”) appeals from an order holding it in contempt for violating an injunction by selling its product to a major competitor of the appellee N.A. Sales Company, Inc. (“N.A.”) with whom Chapman has an exclusive distributorship agreement. The district court imposed a treble damages fine, assessed costs and attorney’s fees against Chapman and issued a clarifying order supplementing the permanent injunction.

We reverse the contempt finding as to the period before the entry of the permanent injunction, but we affirm for the period thereafter. We…