G-Fours, Inc. v. Charles A. Miele and Intersurance Systems Corporation

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Charles A. Miele and his wife Ethel appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Walter R. Mansfield, J., 1 which held Ethel Miele in contempt for refusing to answer certain written interrogatories regarding her husband’s assets. Mrs. Miele had asserted a marital privilege not to reply to various questions, but the judge rejected this claim. Because we believe that the marital privilege was not available, we affirm the contempt order although on a partially different theory from that relied on by the district…