ACOSTA v. PARAGON CONTRACTORS CORP.

No. 17-4025.

884 F.3d 1225 (2018)

R. Alexander ACOSTA, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PARAGON CONTRACTORS CORPORATION; Brian Jessop, individually, Defendants-Appellants, and James Jessop, individually, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED March 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick J. Sutherland ( M. Christopher Moon , with him on the briefs), of Jackson Lewis PLLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendants-Appellants.

Maria Van Buren , Counsel for Child Labor and Special FLSA Projects ( Nicholas C. Geale , Acting Solicitor of Labor; Jennifer S. Brand , Associate Solicitor, and Paul L. Frieden , Counsel for Appellate Litigation, with her on the brief), United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before LUCERO, BACHARACH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


This case arises out of a 2007 injunction, which prohibited Paragon Contractors Corporation and its president (Mr. Brian Jessop) from engaging in oppressive child labor. The Department of Labor procured a contempt citation, with the district court finding that Paragon and Mr. Jessop had violated the injunction by employing...

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