Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/5/1981

Labor Relations Commission v. Fall River Educators Ass'n

Citations

416 N.E.2d 1340
382 Mass. 465
1981 Mass. LEXIS 1086

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refusal to testify on matters peculiarly within knowledge of witness warrants adverse inference, even if party with control of witness did not have burden of proof
a fine imposed for each day’s continued contempt is appropriate in a civil proceeding despite the fine’s punitive quality because the fine’s primary objective was to compel compliance with a court’s order
“Unlike a criminal contempt which is punitive, to vindicate the authority of the court, a civil contempt order is intended to be remedial and for the benefit of an aggrieved party.”
judge may impose fines for each day of continued contempt of court's order
conditional, coercive orders considered civil contempt
applying inference despite burden of proof

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Judges: Hennessey, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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