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Title: Epstein v. Mca Inc.
Author : Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 24, 1995
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 51 KB

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The issue is whether the district court abused its discretion in holding the Epstein plaintiffs and their counsel in contempt of court for failing to comply with a discovery order. Resolution of this question depends, as an initial matter, on whether the district courts order to compel plaintiffs to comply with Matsushitas discovery requests was proper. Because we hold that it was not, we vacate the district courts order holding plaintiffs and their counsel in contempt. See Thomassen v. United States, 835 F.2d 727, 732 (9th Cir. 1987) (when order with which contemnor failed to comply is vacated on appeal, "the contempt order naturally falls because it is predicated on" the vacated order).