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DOUGLASS v. FIRST NAT. RLTY. CORP.

No. 73-1137.

543 F.2d 894 (1976)

Lathrop DOUGLASS v. FIRST NATIONAL REALTY CORPORATION. Appeal of Sidney S. BROWN.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance was entered and no brief was filed on behalf of appellee.

Before LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and OSCAR H. DAVIS, Judge, United States Court of Claims.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

This appeal brings before us a judgment of the District Court holding appellant in contempt and imposing a fine of $5,000. The event precipitating this ruling was appellant's failure to appear in court responsively to a show cause order. The judgment is attacked on grounds that the order was not properly served on appellant and that the fine...

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