1.   Starr alleged that McDougal obstructed justice and committed criminal contempt in refusing to testify before a grand jury.

2.   The Justice Department on Thursday argued that no one intentionally misled the judge and jury and that only someone who was in the courtroom could have committed contempt.

3.   Lawyers have argued that Ekran and the government would be committing contempt if work on the dam was not halted.

4.   Lawyers for the tribesmen have argued that the developer, Ekran Bhd., would be committing contempt if work on the dam was not halted.

5.   Lim denied Monday committing any contempt as the injunction, he said, had been improperly served.