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IN RE E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.-BENLATE LITIG.

No. 95-9059.

99 F.3d 363 (1996)

In re E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY-BENLATE LITIGATION. The BUSH RANCH, INC., William R. Lawson, individually, Yellow River Growers, C. Raker & Sons, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Petitioners-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, C. Neal Pope, a Georgia resident, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, a Georgia partnership, Counter-Defendants, v. E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Respondent-Counterclaimant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Warren, Christopher Landau, Patrick F. Philbin, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Arthur J. England, Jr., Greenberg, Taurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, FL, John K. Train, III, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, for respondent-counterclaimant, appellant.

C. Neal Pope, Max R. McGlamry, & Wade H. Tomlinson, Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick & Morrison, Columbus, GA, William U. Norwood, Michael L. McGlamry, Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick & Morrison, Atlanta, GA, Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, AL, for petitioners-counterdefendants-appellees.

Before DUBINA, and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and FARRIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an appeal from a contempt order entered by the district court against the Defendant-Appellant E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company ("DuPont"). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court's order and remand the case for further proceedings.

I. Background

This appeal has its origins in four consolidated cases, known collectively as the Bush Ranch litigation, that were tried before the...

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