Jordan v. Randolph Mills, Inc.

HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

An applicant for a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to produce electric power by utilizing an abandoned dam on property of a bankrupt debt- or in possession was held to have been in violation of a broad restraining order, issued by the bankruptcy court against interference with the debtor’s possession and enjoyment of its property. The bankruptcy court held John Jordan, who had filed the application on behalf of his employer, in contempt, and that finding was affirmed by the district court. 29 B.R. 398. We granted a stay of the order,…