CITRONELLE-MOBILE GATHERING, INC. v. WATKINS

Nos. 90-7731, 91-7244.

943 F.2d 1297 (1991)

CITRONELLE-MOBILE GATHERING, INC., Citmoco Services, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counterclaim-Defendants, Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant, v. James D. WATKINS, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellee, Douglas Oil Purchasing Company, Inc., Counterclaim-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor T. Hudson, William Watts, III, Reams, Vollmer, Philips, Killion, Brooks & Schell, P.C., Jeffrey Harris, Rubin, Winston, Kiercks & Harris, Washington, D.C., for Chamberlain.

Gilbert T. Renaut, Office of Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Economic Regulatory Admin., Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., for Dept. of Energy.

Ruth A. Harvey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Charles P. Adams, Jr., Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, Miss., for Knostman.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal brought by the principal shareholder of several corporations seeking to overturn the district court's orders holding him in contempt of court and imposing strict sanctions. We affirm.

FACTS

During the Arab oil embargo, between December 20, 1973, and May 26, 1974, Bart B. Chamberlain, Jr., Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc. (Citronelle), and Citmoco Services, Inc. (Citmoco) (collectively, judgment debtors...

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