Legal Opinion
Harris O. Schoenberg v. Shapolsky Publishers, Incorporated, Ian Shapolsky and Steimatzky Publishing of North America, Inc., Samuel A. Abady, Esq.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 6, 1992No. 1541, Docket 91-9311PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
Non-party appellant Samuel A. Abady, the former attorney for defendants Shapol-sky Publishers, Inc. et al. (“the Publishers”), appeals from the December 10, 1991 order of the United States Court for the Southern District of New York (Edelstein, «/.), which held him in contempt for willful violation of the district court’s discovery order. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 37. In addition to holding Abady in contempt, the December 10 order awarded attorneys’ fees and costs to plaintiff pursuant to, alternatively, Rule 37 or 28 U.S.C. 1927 (1988).
On appeal, Abady challenges the contempt…
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