Smith v. Whatcom County Dist. Court

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \The primary purpose of the civil contempt power is to coerce a party to comply with an order or judgment.\
• \The primary purpose of the civil contempt power is to coerce a party to comply with an order or judgment.\
• \The purpose of 'pay or stay' imprisonment is to coerce the defendant to pay the fine [and costs] imposed by the judgment.\
• “ ‘The primary purpose of the civil contempt power is to coerce a party to comply with an order or judgment.’ ”
• “ ‘The primary purpose of the civil contempt power is to coerce a party to comply with an order or judgment.’ ” (quoting State v. Breazeale, 144 Wn.2d 829, 842, 31 P.3d 1155 (2001))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).