· 6/3/1988
Extendido Professional Care-Troy, Inc. v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
Citations
- 698 F. Supp. 748
- 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12367
- 1988 WL 117641
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that defiance of summonses was “willful despite the advice of counsel” (citing Steinert, 571 F.2d at 1108)
- stating that a recipient of a summons cannot defeat the summons by relinquishing possession of the requested documents
- awarding expenses for contempt after contemnor had an opportunity to object to the reasonableness of the amount of expenses requested
- award of expenses based on affidavits submitted after hearing on contempt
- impossibility defense turns on “[i]nability to comply with an order”
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Judges: Stiehl
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