Bruzzi v. Bruzzi

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[a] civil label is inappropriate when the court is attempting to punish the contemnor for past acts of misbehavior rather than setting forth the conditions of compliance . . . and conditioning punitive measures on failure to comply therewith”
• vacating sentence of imprisonment as improper sanction for indirect criminal contempt
• “[D]irect criminal contempt consists of misconduct of a person in the presence of the court or so near thereto to interfere with its immediate business[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).