Liew v. Breen

640 F.2d 1046 C. K. LIEW, Plaintiff, Official Receiver & Liquidator (Hong Kong), Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, Central Banking System et al., Defendants, Moscow Narodny Bank, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Quentin L. BREEN, Non-Party-Witness-Appellant. No. 79-4445. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 15, 1980. Decided March 20, 1981. Carlos Bea, San Francisco, Cal., on briefs, for non-party-witness-appellant. Paul A. Dezurick, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., on briefs, for intervenor-plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before GOODWIN, FLETCHER, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Breen appeals from the award of attorney's fees and costs against him after he was found to be in contempt of court for failure to answer questions on oral deposition, as he was required to do under court order. Federal subject matter jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976). An order compelling a non-party such as Breen to pay attorney's fees and expenses is a final order reviewable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). David…