Electronic Realty Associates, Inc. v. Gomez

Rulon, J.:

Carole Sandow Gomez, Deborah Chesla, Steven Spies, and SCG, Inc., defendants, appeal an order of the district court finding them in criminal contempt for violating an order restraining them from filing suit in California state court' against Electronic Realty Associates, Inc., plaintiff. The defendants argue the district court abused its discretion and did not give proper notice of the nature of the contempt proceeding. We affirm-Essentially we must decide two issues: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion when designating defendants’ prohibited action as indirect…