United States v. Baker Funeral Home, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge

Table of Contents

I. FINDINGS OF FACT.. .536

II. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.. .548

A. Civil Contempt.. .548

1. Legal Standard... 548

2. The Amended Permanent Injunction and Consent Receivership Orders are Valid Orders as to Which the Bakers Had Knowledge... 549

3. Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Baker Funeral Home, PC, Failed to Comply with the Court’s Prior Orders... 550

4. Defenses Raised by Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Baker Funeral Home, PC...552

a. Substantial Compliance.. .552

b. Impossibility.. .554

i. Mrs. Baker’s Attempts to Relinquish Ownership of Baker Funeral Home, PC..…