Case Name: ROSENFELD v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1948-04-05
Citations: 167 F.2d 222
Docket Number: No. 5710
Parties: ROSENFELD v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 167
Pages: 222–223

Head Matter:
ROSENFELD v. UNITED STATES.
No. 5710.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
April 5, 1948.
W. T. McGowan, Jr., and C. T. McDonald, both of Florence, S. C., for appellant.
Nathan Siegel, Special Litigation Attorney, Office of Housing Expediter of New York City (Ed Dupree, General Counsel, and Hugo V. Prucha, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Housing Expediter, both of Washington, D. C., and Ben Scott Whaley, U. S. Atty. of Charleston, on the brief), for appellee.
Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order adjudging appellant guilty of contempt of court in disobeying an injunction which forbade violation of OPA rent regulations, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $1,000.00, or imprisonment for a period of six months. We think that the facts in evidence amply sustain the action of the District Judge in holding appellant guilty of contempt. We do not think, however, that the facts justify the penalty imposed. The violation of the rent regulation was of minor character, and there is no showing of a defiant attitude on the part of appellant or that he was a hardened offender. We think that he will be sufficiently punished by a fine of $500.00, or imprisonment for three months, and understand that we have power to make such modification, when we conclude that the punishment imposed was not justified by the facts. United States v. United Mine Workers of America, 330 U.S. 258, 304, 305, 67 S.Ct. 677. The order appealed from will be modified accordingly. As so modified, it will be affirmed.
Modified and affirmed.