Terminal Railroad Ass'n v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• order must be “read in the light of the issues and the purpose for which the suit was brought”
• contempt proceedings will not lie on issue not presented or determined by decree
• “In contempt proceedings ... a decree will not be expanded by implication or intendment beyond the meaning of its terms when read in the light of the issues and the purpose for which the suit was brought, and the facts found must constitute a plain violation of the decree so read.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).