Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Agency for International Development

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• \[A] Court can for present or past acts of misbehavior amounting to civil contempt impose an unconditional compensatory fine\
• where the act of contempt complained of is a refusal to do some act ordered primarily for the benefit of a private party, proceedings to enforce compliance with a decree of court are civil in nature
• where the act of contempt complained of is a refusal to do some act ordered primarily for the benefit of a private party, proceedings to enforce compliance with a decree of court are civil in nature
• a court may, in a proceeding for civil contempt, impose the remedial punishment of a fine payable to an aggrieved litigant as compensation for the special damage he or she may have sustained by reason of the contumacious conduct of the offender
• a court may, in a proceeding for civil contempt, impose the remedial punishment of a fine payable to an aggrieved litigant as compensation for the special damage he or she may have sustained by reason of the contumacious conduct of the offender

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