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· 3/22/1976

Continental Insurance Companies v. Bayless & Roberts, Inc.

Citations

  • 548 P.2d 398
  • 1976 Alas. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

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

  • \'The only interested parties in the imposition of [criminal] contempt are the court and Continental-{the opposing party] has no interest in the outcome of the dispute.\
  • \The only interested parties in the imposition of [criminal] contempt are the court and Continental—[the opposing party] has no interest in the outcome of the dispute.\
  • elements of both punitive and remedial punishments are present in most civil contempt awards
  • “The contempt power has been consistently recognized by American courts to be an inherent power of the judiciary.”
  • a corporation cannot be incarcerated
  • a corporation cannot be incarcerated

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Judges: Boochever, Witz, Connor, Erwin, Burke

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