Bayer Co. v. American Shipbuilding Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in cases of civil contempt, “[p]rison sentences are conditional. The contemnor is said to carry the keys of his prison in his own pocket, * * * since he will be freed if he agrees to do as ordered.”
• stating that criminal contempt is a crime
• “[W]e now hold that the standard of proof required in criminal contempt proceedings is proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
• \The standard of proof required in a criminal contempt proceeding is proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.\
• “[p]unishment is remedial or coercive and for the benefit of the complainant in civil contempt”
• in civil contempt, prison sentences are conditional and contemnor \is said to carry the keys of his prison in his own pocket\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).