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Supreme Court· 2/14/1949

McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.

Citations

  • 336 U.S. 187
  • 69 S. Ct. 497
  • 93 L. Ed. 2d 599
  • 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3014
  • 93 L. Ed. 599

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  • holding that willfulness is not an element of civil contempt
  • Because civil 9 contempt serves a remedial purpose, “it matters not with what 10 intent the defendant did the prohibited act.”
  • a civil sanction is “remedial in nature and intended to enforce compliance.”
  • “The absence of wilfulness does not relieve from civil contempt.”

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Judges: Douglas, Rutledge, Frankfurter, Jackson

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