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· 2/9/1981

Tscherim Soobzokov v. Cbs, Inc., Quadrangle/new York Times Book Co., Inc., and Howard Blum, Anthony J. Devito

Citations

  • 642 F.2d 28
  • 30 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1584
  • 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1064
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 20312

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Ordinarily, it is for the district judge to determine when and if the borderline between coercion and punishment has been reached.”
  • when implementing remedies for civil contempt, district court must use discretion “to determine when and if the borderline between coercion and punishment has been reached”
  • ‘When it becomes obvious that sanctions are not going to compel compliance, they lose their remedial characteristics and take on more of the nature of punishment.”

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Judges: Van Graafeiland, Feinberg, Van Graafeiland Holden

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