Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor v. Sea Sprite Boat Company, Incorporated, Continental Marine Corporation, and Robert F. Smith

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Earlier this year we held that Sea Sprite Boat Company was in contempt of an order this court entered in 1992. 50 F.3d 413 (7th Cir.1995). We ordered Sea Sprite to pay $1,452,000 on top of the $135,000 that remained unpaid despite our 1992 order. We also added Continental Marine Corporation and Robert F. Smith to the case as respondents and offered them an opportunity to show why they should not be held in contempt of court. On the record then before the court Smith and Continental appeared to be as culpable as Sea Sprite (Smith was responsible for Sea Sprite’s…