Legal Opinion
Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver for Peoples Savings and Loan Associations, F.A. v. Gina Ruggiero and Angelo Ruggiero
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 1993No. 92-3484PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The Ruggieros appeal from an order by the district court holding them in civil contempt for failing to comply with post-judgment discovery orders, fining them $150 per day until they do comply, and awarding the plaintiff attorneys’ fees in an unspecified amount. The plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal as being out-, side our appellate jurisdiction.
Orders of civil contempt have often been said to be non-final and hence not appealable under the final-judgment rule of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, but we have proposed as a more precise formulation that “an order of civil contempt is appealable if and…
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- John POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Express Freight Lines, Incorporated, Appeal of Christopher A. JansenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
3Cited by6 opinions
- Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver for Peoples Savings and Loan Associations, F.A. v. Angelo Ruggiero and Gina RuggieroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Findley v. Blinken (In re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Morisseau v. Dla PiperDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Findley v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- In Re Johns-Manville CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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