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G. & C. MERRIAM CO. v. WEBSTER DICTIONARY CO., INC.

No. 80-1151.

639 F.2d 29 (1980)

G. & C. MERRIAM CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEBSTER DICTIONARY COMPANY, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. McGrath, Buffalo, N. Y., with whom McGrath, Meyer, Liberman & Lipp, P.C., Buffalo, N. Y., and Paul A. Manoff, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Edward R. Lev, Boston, Mass., with whom Louis A. Rodriques, and Sullivan & Worcester, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge, and KEETON, District Judge.

KEETON, District Judge.

By judgment dated February 7, 1980, appellants Webster Publishing Company, Ltd., Webster Home Mailing Service, Ltd., and Webster Home Mailing Service, Inc. (collectively, "Webster Publishing") and George W. Hoskins were held in contempt of court for violation of an injunction issued by the district court on October 27, 1977, and were assessed a fine, jointly and severally, in the amount of $50,000. They now appeal from that judgment, challenging...

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