United States v. Barnette

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from conviction of appellant, Barnette, of civil and criminal contempt in a case arising from a consent order enjoining violation by him and his Troy Motors, Inc., a corporation, of the terms of the wage and hour laws. The specific charge of which appellant was found guilty is that after the corporation had made payments to some 20 employees under the consent order1 Barnette “wilfully violated the prohibitions of the judgment by coercing many of the employees to whom back wages were found due by the court to make partial kickback of back wages…