Duff v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a recommendation for action by another entity, group, or individual, by its very nature, cannot constitute ‘governing’ ”
• noting that, to be a public body, the entity must be a state or local legislative body or governing body
• explaining that “coercion to force compliance with a court order and compensatory relief for a complainant are both appropriate potential sanctions for civil contempt”
• recognizing a trial court’s inherent authority to enforce its orders
• “We observe that rarely do recommendations coming from a public body originate from the entire public body itself.”
• “[A] recommendation for action by another entity, group, or individual, by its very nature, cannot constitute ‘governing’ either through the effectuating or the formulating of public policy by the entity that is itself making the recommendation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).