Beebe v. Auslander

FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Maxwell Auslander has appealed from an order of the district court for the District of Maryland adjudging him guilty of criminal contempt under 18 U.S.C. § 401 and sentencing him to six months imprisonment.1 The case had its genesis in the bankruptcy proceeding of Auslander Decorator Furniture, Inc., in which the appellant was the dominant stockholder and chief executive. The corporation was adjudicated a bank*986rupt on an involuntary petition filed on October 22, 1975. Thereafter, upon complaints filed by the trustee, the bankruptcy judge conducted a trial and…