J.C. Penney Co. v. Lawrence Township

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• holding district court abused its discretion in finding defendant not guilty of contempt where he made “some effort to comply” with summons but not “all reasonable efforts”
• holding district court abused its discretion when it held an alleged contemnor showing “some effort” to comply with court order was sufficient to rebut moving party’s prima facie case
• Respondent who was required to produce certain financial records did not make all reasonable efforts “merely by adducing evidence that he requested the documents (even diligent requests involving trips to Switzerland), when it appears that he [had] greater leverage at his disposal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).