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SKINNER v. WHITE

No. 73-2695.

505 F.2d 685 (1974)

J. S. SKINNER, Jr., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. W. Bruce WHITE, A. Lamar Reid, etc., Jefferson National Equities, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Murray Alley, Jos. F. Johnston, W. S. Starnes, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

James L. Shores, Jr., Charles E. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for Jefferson Memory Co.

James E. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for St. Sec. Life Ins. Co.

William B. Hairston, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Cumberland Capital.

To Eric Embry, Clifford Reeves, Stanford J. Skinner, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of contempt and the attendant sanctions entered against defendants-appellants. The underlying facts are intensely complicated, but will be presented summarily since the issues on appeal concern only the contempt proceeding itself. For reasons stated below, we reverse the judgment of the district court.

The initial complaint was filed on November 1, 1968, by appellee J. S. Skinner, Jr., on behalf...

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