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· 11/30/2015

Adams v. Stephens

Citations

  • 136 S. Ct. 538
  • 193 L. Ed. 2d 428
  • 84 U.S.L.W. 3299
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 7665

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding petitioners’ incarcerations for civil contempt because the case involved alleged violations of federal securities laws and, thus, contempt orders could be properly served in any district
  • district court’s civil contempt orders could be served and enforced in any district because they were issued to enforce federal securities law

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