Legal Opinion
Jones v. Clinton
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 29, 1999No. LR-C-94-290PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SUSAN WEBBER WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
On April 12, 1999, this Court entered a Memorandum Opinion and Order adjudging William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, to be in civil contempt of court pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2) for his willful failure to obey certain discovery Orders of this Court in a lawsuit brought against him by Paula Corbin Jones. See Jones v. Clinton, 36 F.Supp.2d 1118 (E.D.Ark.1999). The Court determined that the President violated this Court’s discovery Orders by giving false, misleading and evasive answers that were designed to obstruct…
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