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EPSTEIN v. MCA, INC.

No. 92-55677.

54 F.3d 1422 (1995)

Lawrence EPSTEIN; John Linder; Jane Rockford, as trustee of the Michael J. Rockford Trust; Maurice Karlin; Ruth Karlin; Beth Ann Karlin; Bert P. Karlin; Walter Minton, Plaintiffs, v. MCA, INC.; Matsushita Acquisition Corporation; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Matsushita Holding Corporation; Lew Wasserman; Sidney J. Sheinberg, Defendant-Appellees. Roger W. Kirby; Kaufman, Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby, Applicants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated August 13, 1993.

Resubmitted October 12, 1994.

Memorandum Filed February 24, 1995.

Order and Opinion Filed May 23, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Malchman, Roger W. Kirby, and Ernest T. Kaufman, Kaufman, Malchman, Kirby & Squire, New York City, for Epstein plaintiffs-applicants-appellants.

Barry R. Ostrager and Mary Kay Vyskocil, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Matsushita and MCA, defendants-appellees.

Before: NORRIS, WIGGINS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed on February 24, 1995 is redesignated as a per curiam opinion.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The issue is whether the district court abused its discretion in holding the Epstein plaintiffs and their counsel in contempt of court for failing to comply with a discovery order. Resolution of this question depends, as an initial matter, on whether the district court's order to compel plaintiffs to comply with Matsushita...

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