Durfee v. Ocean State Steel, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that \`[c]ivil contempt * * * is established when it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that a lawful decree was violated'\
• “It is a basic tenet of contract law that the contracting parties can make as ‘good a deal or as bad a deal’ as they see fit * * *.”
• trial justice did not abuse his discretion in finding a party in contempt because although party had taken substantial steps toward reducing the problem as enforcement pressures increased, they had not done so early enough and it was a case of “too little, too late”

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