WHITCRAFT v. BROWN

No. 08-10174.

570 F.3d 268 (2009)

Lois WHITCRAFT; Phillip W. Offill, Jr., Appellants, v. William D. BROWN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Ravkind (argued), Ravkind & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Whitcraft.

Joe C. Holzer (argued), Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Suzanne Brannen Campbell, Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Brown.

Phillip W. Offill, Jr. (argued), Dallas, TX, pro se.

Before KING, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Lois Whitcraft and Phillip Offill appeal from a civil contempt order issued by the district court in the underlying proceeding. We affirm in part and vacate in part the district court's contempt order.

I.

On July 2, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") sued certain individual and entities, including Jeffrey Bruteyn, son of Appellant Whitcraft and client of Appellant Offill, an attorney, for securities fraud...

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