SWETT v. SCHENK

No. 85-5592.

792 F.2d 1447 (1986)

Scott SWETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George SCHENK, acting as the personal representative of the estate of Harris Tallakson, deceased; Sabre Industries, Inc.; Cessna Aircraft Company; and Does 1 through 5 and Does 7 through 50, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned Good, Good & Novack, Pasadena, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Sullivan, Asst. U.S. Atty., William T. Delhagen, Kirtland & Packard, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and COPPLE, District Judge.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Scott Swett ("appellant") appeals from a United States District Court order dismissing a contempt action against an investigator of the National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB"). Appellant argues that removal of the action from the California Superior Court was improper and that the contempt finding should not have been dismissed. We affirm.

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