Federal Case

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that civil contempt includes “a fine that would be payable to the court . . . when the [contemnor] can avoid paying the fine simply by performing the affirmative act required by the court’s order”
• requiring the protections of the criminal process before imposing $7000 in non-compensatory sanctions
• “A serious psychological impairment can qualify as [a serious] medical need.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).