SCHLEPER v. FORD MOTOR CO., AUTO. DIV.

No. 78-1147.

585 F.2d 1367 (1978)

Gary J. SCHLEPER v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION, Twin Cities Assembly Plant and the UAW, Local 879. In re Contempt Proceedings Seth R. PHILLIPS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth R. Phillips of Phillips & Petersen, Newport, Minn., for appellant.

No brief was filed and no argument was made for appellee.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and BECKER, Senior District Judge.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Seth R. Phillips, an attorney, appeals from an order of the district court,1 finding him in contempt of court as a result of the use of profane language in answer to an interrogatory. Appellant contends that, when read in proper context together with other interrogatories, the objectionable language is a proper, substantive response given in good faith, and is not directed...

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