GRACE v. CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY

Nos. 94-1764, 94-1844, 94-1890 and 94-1933.

72 F.3d 1236 (1996)

Eugene R. GRACE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, Defendant, Clarence M. Ditlow (94-1844/1933), Defendant-Appellant, Mark Robinson (94-1764/1890), Attorney-Appellant, General Motors Corporation, Movant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Gardner (argued and briefed), Los Angeles, CA, for Eugene R. Grace.

Mark R. Bendure (argued and briefed) and James C. Howarth, Detroit, MI, for Mark P. Robinson.

Joseph E. Papelian (argued and briefed) and Michael P. Milliken (briefed), General Motors Corp., Office of General Counsel, Detroit, MI, for General Motors Corp.

Robert S. Harrison, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for Center for Auto Safety.

Paul A. Levy (argued and briefed), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Clarence M. Ditlow.

Before: BROWN, NELSON, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from orders imposing sanctions against defendant Clarence M. Ditlow and one of his lawyers, Mark Robinson, for an alleged violation of a protective order and for delaying a hearing thereon.

The protective order, which had been issued in connection with discovery proceedings in a defamation action against Ditlow and his employer, prohibited disclosure of a certain deposition transcript to anyone outside a class...

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