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CHAPMAN v. PACIFIC TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 78-3745.

613 F.2d 193 (1979)

Judy CHAPMAN, T. Dolores Butler, Leslie Ann Jassman, Plaintiffs, Deborah Halvonik, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Clement L. Glynn and Eric J. Swenson (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee; William O. Dillingham, Noble K. Gregory, Eric J. Swenson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Clement L. Glynn, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro-San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

Before WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Deborah Halvonik was one of the attorneys for multiple plaintiffs in a Title VII action. During pretrial proceedings, she refused to comply with the order of the district court asserting that the order was confusing and invalid for unconstitutionality. The court found that the order was clear and definite.

The issue here is whether the district court may hold an attorney in criminal contempt for willfully refusing to comply...

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