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NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. v. ENERGY GATHERING INC.

No. 94-20408.

86 F.3d 464 (1996)

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENERGY GATHERING, INC., et al., Defendants, John Fox, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide, Tupelo, MS, Michael Maness, Houston, TX, for Appellant.

C. Michael Clark, Dennis M. Dylewski, Johnson & Dylewski, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HILL and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

John Fox, Esq., appeals the assessment of a $460,083 civil contempt sanction. We reverse, concluding that the imposition of this sanction in addition to incarceration was an abuse of discretion under the circumstances of this case.

Background

This is our second review of this case. The facts of the first action, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Energy Gathering, Inc.,1 reflect that this civil...

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