HARTMAN v. LYNG

Nos. 87-5387, 87-5497.

884 F.2d 1103 (1989)

Michael F. HARTMAN, Appellee, Dwight Coleman, Lester Crowsheart, Sharon Crowsheart, Russell Folmer, Anna Mae Folmer, George Hatfield, June Hatfield, Donna McCabe, Diane McCabe, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; Gary A. Barrett, Rosemary K. Barrett, Richard L. Harmon, Betty J. Harmon, Larry L. Robertson, Nancy K. Robertson, Ross Wade and Maureen Wade, v. Richard E. LYNG, Secretary of Agriculture, Charles W. Shuman, Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, Ralph W. Leet, State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, Harold T. Aasmundstad, Glen W. Binegar, Allen G. Drege, Dennis W. Larson, Odell O. Ottmar and Joseph J. Schneider, as District Directors of the Farmers Home Administration of North Dakota, and Samuel Delvo, Lorace Hakanson, Larry Leier, Charles Schaefer and James Well, as County Supervisors of the Farmers Home Administration in North Dakota, Appellants. Michael F. HARTMAN, Appellant, Dwight Coleman, Lester Crowsheart, Sharon Crowsheart, Russell Folmer, Anna Mae Folmer, George Hatfield, June Hatfield, Donna McCabe, Diane McCabe, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; Gary A. Barrett, Rosemary K. Barrett, Richard L. Harmon, Betty J. Harmon, Larry L. Robertson, Nancy K. Robertson, Ross Wade and Maureen Wade, v. Richard E. LYNG, Secretary of Agriculture, Charles W. Shuman, Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, Ralph W. Leet, State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, Harold T. Aasmundstad, Glen W. Binegar, Allen G. Drege, Dennis W. Larson, Odell O. Ottmar and Joseph J. Schneider, as District Directors of the Farmers Home Administration of North Dakota, and Samuel Delvo, Lorace Hakanson, Larry Leier, Charles Schaefer and James Well, as County Supervisors of the Farmers Home Administration in North Dakota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Rasmussen, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Steve Alexander, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This case is before us on cross-appeals taken from a final judgment of the district court1 holding two employees of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) in civil contempt for violating a preliminary injunction, and declining to award damages or fees. We affirm.

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This contempt proceeding was ancillary to Coleman v. Block, a nationwide class action of farmers who had or were eligible for...

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