Colbert v. Gunning

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• stating that if contemnor is given opportunity to purge himself before imposition of punishment, contempt order is civil in nature
• holding when court found appellant in civil contempt, court did not have authority to impose sanctions for purpose of inflicting punishment on appellant; unconditional authority in civil contempt means court may not exercise civil contempt power to inflict punishment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).