United States v. Green Valley Creamery, Inc.

SWEENEY, District Judge.

There is before me the petition of Howard B. Parker for a final order upon petition for attachment for contempt. This petition raises the question whether a discharge in bankruptcy bars the collection of an unpaid balance of a compensatory fine levied by this Court against the petitioner in the above proceeding. This memorandum deals only with the petitioner’s claim as a matter of right and is not concerned with the discretion vested in this Court to mitigate the fine imposed.

The petitioner was on June 16, 1942, adjudged in civil contempt of this Court and ordered to…