Rockwood International System Supply, Inc. v. Rader Companies, Inc.

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• recognizing the general rule that only the court that has been offended has the power to punish for contempt
• “[I]f proceedings are transferred from a court rendering judgment to another court, then the latter court acquires jurisdiction to hold a party in contempt of the judgment.”
• party cannot be held in contempt for violating a void order
• “It is true that a court’s right to punish for contempt is based on the theory that every court has the power to compel obedience to its own orders and judgments. So as a general rule, only the court that has been offended has the power to punish for the contempt.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).