Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Townley Engineering & Manufacturing Company

946 F.2d 898 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOWNLEY ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 88-2566. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 20, 1991. * Decided Oct. 9, 1991. Before D.W. NELSON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Townley Engineering & Manufacturing Company (Townley) appeals the district court's order which held it in contempt for failing to obey an earlier order which enjoined Townley from continuing to conduct mandatory religious services for its employees. We affirm in part and vacate in part. 3 The background of this case is well recounted in published opinions. See EEOC v. Townley Eng'r & Mfg. Co., 859 F.2d 610 (9th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1077 , 109 S.Ct. 1527 , 103 L.Ed.2d 832 (1989); EEOC v. Townley Eng'r & Mfg. Co., 675 F.Supp. 566 (D.Ariz.1987). We need not retell…