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U.S. EX REL. S.E.C. v. CARTER

No. 89-1547.

907 F.2d 484 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George R. CARTER, Douglas Litchfield, and Walter R. Mooney, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Carter, Las Vegas, Nev., pro se.

Peter R. Thompson, Stollenwerck, Moore & Silverberg, Dallas, Tex., for Litchfield.

David E. Jones, Demarest & Smith, Dallas, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Mooney.

Faith D. Ruderfer, Atty., S.E.C., Washington, D.C., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

George Carter, Walter Mooney, and Douglas Litchfield were convicted of criminal contempt of court under 18 U.S.C. § 401(3). They appeal, claiming that the injunctions they did not obey were ambiguous and that their violations of the injunctions were not willful. We do not reach these claims, because we reverse on a critical issue that we raise sua sponte. We hold that the district...

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