Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Owen v. Brief English Sys., Inc.

54 F.2d 501

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1931-12-07
Topic
general

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge. This is a motion to punish the various respondents for contempt of this court upon the theory that they participated in sham and collusive suits. We have discussed the material facts set forth upon this motion in our opinion on the appeal of John P. Owen in Kingsport Press, Inc., v.

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OWEN v. BRIEF ENGLISH SYSTEMS,54 F.2d 501(2nd Cir. 1931)
OWEN v. BRIEF ENGLISH SYSTEMS, Inc., et al.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
December 7, 1931.
Proceedings by John P. Owen against the Brief English Systems, Inc., and others, to punish respondents for participation in alleged sham and collusive suits in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, whereby petitioner was prevented from proceeding to collect the costs awarded to him by the mandate of this court.

Motion to punish for contempt denied.

See, also, Kingsport Press, Inc., v. Brief English Systems, Inc.,54 F.2d 497.
Arthur A. Beaudry, of New York City (O. Ellery Edwards, of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Hays, Podell Shulman, of New York City, for respondents Brief English Systems, Inc., Emma B. Dearborn, and Hays, Podell Shulman.Page 502

Kaufman Weitzner, of New York City, for respondent Kingsport Press, Inc., and Kaufman Weitzner.

Krause Hirsch, of New York City, for Krause Hirsch.

Benjamin Algase, of New York City, and Edgar M. Kitchin, of Washington, D.C., pro se.
Before MANTON, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is a motion to punish the various respondents for contempt of this court upon the theory that they participated in sham and collusive suits.

We have discussed the material facts set forth upon this motion in our opinion on the appeal of John P. Owen in Kingsport Press, Inc., v. Brief English Systems, Inc.,54 F.2d 497, to be filed herewith. We there held that the suit by Edgar M. Kitchin was not shown to have been brought in bad faith and that the suit by Kingsport Press, Inc., properly lay. We found that the parties and their attorneys were only seeking to obtain equitable treatment of all creditors and not to interfere with the collection of the judgment of Owen in any illegal way. The affidavits submitted on the present motion add nothing material to what was before us upon the appeal in the suit by Kingsport Press, Inc.

The respondents were therefore not guilty of contempt, and the motion to punish is denied.