Kitty Perkins v. St. Jude/Park Central

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “a court must exercise [t]he least possible power adequate to the end proposed”
• stating that courts have inherent power to enforce compliance with their consent decrees
• explaining that federal courts have inherent power to enforce their lawful orders through contempt
• stating that “[a] court's civil contempt power rests in its inherent limited authority to enforce compliance with court orders and ensure judicial proceedings are conducted in an orderly manner.” (citation omitted)
• finding it unnecessary to reach alternative first amendment and legislative immunity arguments after reversing contempt finding against city councilmembers on merits
• noting the axiom that courts have inherent power to enforce compliance with their lawful orders through civil contempt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).