Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 81-4026. Attorney(S) William French Smith, Atty. Gen., Mark Evans, Gen. Counsel, Robert J. Grady, I.C.C., Kenneth P. Kolson, Robert B. Nicholson, App. Sec., Antitrust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents. Serby Mitchell, P.C., Alan E. Serby, Atlanta, Ga., for Brannan, Owen, Refrigerated. Brooks Matthews, Hugh T. Matthews, Dallas, Tex., for Steere. Perry, Crockett, Morrison Starling, Donald B. Morrison, Jackson, Miss., for Merchants. Kenneth E. Siegel, Washington, D.C., for American and Red Arrow, Merchants Truck and Steere. Robinson, Felts, Starnes Latting, P.C., Phillip Robinson, Austin, Tex., for Central, Great Western, Miller, and SAIA. Phinney, Hallman, Pulley Coke, Leroy Hallman, Dallas, Tex., for Frozen, South-western. Alan F. Wohlstetter, Stanley I. Goldman, Washington, D.C., for Aero Mayflower et al. James M. Doherty, Austin, Tex., for Rose Truck Line et al. Eugene C. Ewald, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Nat. Auto. Transporters. Dennis Dean Kirk, Washington, D.C., for Specialized Carriers. Angelo V. Arcadipane, Washington, D.C., for North American Van Lines, Inc. Judges Alvin Benjamin Rubin Albert Tate See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENTS. BY THE COURT: Civil contempt is coercive rather than punitive. It is intended to make a recalcitrant party comply with an affirmative command of the court. Jones v. Louisiana State Bar Association, 602 F.2d 94 (5th Cir. 1979). The petitioner has not made a sufficient showing that such coercion is now appropriate, particularly in view of the ICC's response dated March 7. Therefore, both of the motions to cite for contempt are DENIED without prejudice to a similar motion should the ICC fail to issue final rules by April 10, 1984.