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· 1/9/1984

Twm Manufacturing Company, Inc., and Turner Quick-Lift Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Dura Corporation and Kidde, Inc.

Citations

  • 722 F.2d 1261

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  • advice of counsel and good faith conduct will not relieve party from liability for a civil contempt
  • \The award of attorney's fees and expenses to a successful movant may be appropriate in a civil contempt proceeding.\
  • “[Ajdvice of counsel and good faith conduct do not reheve from liability for a civil contempt, although they may affect the extent of the penalty.”
  • “[Civil contempt’s] primary purposes are to compel obedience to a court order and compensate for injuries caused by noncompliance.”
  • “[Civil contempt’s] primary purposes are to compel obedience to a court order and compensate for injuries caused by noncompliance.”
  • “[w]illfulness, for this purpose, implies a deliberate or intended violation, as distinguished from an accidental, inadvertent or negligent violation”

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Judges: Merritt, Wellford, Brown

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