Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC v. Jewell
Petition for certiorari denied on December 16, 2013.
Issue
(1) Whether " as the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits hold " a district court possesses authority to prevent circumvention of its orders by imposing sanctions on conduct that violates the understood purpose of an injunction, but not its explicit terms, or whether " as the First, Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits hold " the four corners of an injunction"s text limit a district court"s civil contempt authority; (2) whether " as the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold " a court of appeals should accord deference to a district court"s construction of its own orders, or whether " as the Second, Fifth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits hold " an appellate court reviews that construction de novo.
Recommended Citation: Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC v. Jewell, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/hornbeck-offshore-services-llc-v-jewell/