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DONOVAN v. MOSHER STEEL CO.

No. 85-7210.

791 F.2d 1535 (1986)

Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOSHER STEEL COMPANY, DIVISION OF TRINITY INDUSTRIES, and Roger Love, Plant Manager, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended July 14, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea C. Casson, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

John J. Coleman, Birmingham, Ala., Frederick W. Addison, III, Storey, Armstrong, Steger & Martin, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1986.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to review the district court's dismissal, as a discovery sanction, of a civil contempt complaint filed by the Secretary of Labor against Mosher Steel Company, a Birmingham, Alabama, manufacturer. We hold that the district court abused its discretion in ordering discovery, and therefore we VACATE the discovery sanctions imposed by the district court and REMAND...

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