Doyle v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.
Citations
- 204 U.S. 599
- 27 S. Ct. 313
- 51 L. Ed. 641
- 1907 U.S. LEXIS 1486
Syllabus
<p>An order punishing for contempt made in the progress of the case, when not in the nature of an order in a criminal proceeding is an interlocutory order and to be reviewed only upon appeal from a final decree in the case.</p> <p>The Circuit Court of Appeals has no jurisdiction upon writ of error sued out by defendants from an order of the Circuit Court adjudging them guilty of contempt in disobeying an order for production of books and papers, and also adjudging that they produce same and pay costs w'ithin a specified period or that in default thereof they pay a fine and' be ' committed.</p> <p>Bessette v. W. B. Conlcey Co., 194 U. S. 324, followed and Matter of Christensen Engineering Co., 194 U. S. 458, distinguished.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that contempt order was civil and not subject to interlocutory review
- holding that contempt order was civil and not subject to interlocutory review
- noting that a prejudgment civil contempt order involving a party generally is not immediately ap- pealable
- deeming it settled that a civil contempt order is interlocutory and to be reviewed only upon appeal from a final decree
- describing some contempt proceedings as “criminal and punitive in . . . nature” where “the government and the public are interested”
- defining civil contempt as “remedial [and] . . . coercive in its character[;] . . . chiefly concerned are individuals whose private rights and remedies are undertaken to be protected and enforced” by the court
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Judges: Day, Peckham
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