Seven Arts Pictures, Inc. v. Jonesfilm

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: *

It is a truth “universally acknowledged,” that courts of justice have inherent power to require “submission to their lawful mandates.” Anderson v. Dunn, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 204, 227, 5 L.Ed. 242 (1821). The question is whether the district court abused its discretion by requiring Peter Hoffman to submit to its lawful mandates. Hoffman ignored the court’s orders for months based on what he thought were “substantial justifications,” which he neglected to share with the court. Because the court did not abuse its discretion in that or any other of its rulings, we…