Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/15/1980

Lutz v. Darbyshire

Citations

297 N.W.2d 349
1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 940

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“Contempt proceedings are commonly treated as criminal in nature even when they generate from civil cases.”
if the court has jurisdiction and the legal authority to make an order, it must be obeyed even if the order is erroneous
“In Iowa an appellee may invoke judicial power to enforce a decree while its correctness is being appealed, unless a supersedeas bond is filed”
overruled on other grounds by Phillips v. Iowa Dist. Ct., 380 N.W.2d 706, 709 (Iowa 1986)
“In the circumstances presented here [where notice of a contempt proceeding was provided only to the party’s attorney], we hold trial court had no power to hold plaintiff in contempt of court.”

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Judges: Reynoldson, Legrand, Harris, McCormick, Larson

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