United Steelworkers of America v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

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• noting significant differences between civil and criminal contempt proceedings, including protections for the accused
• fines of $150 to $500 found to be criminal sanctions where there was no evidence of pecuniary loss
• fines of $150 to $500 found to be criminal sanctions where there was no evidence of pecuniary loss
• trial court committed reversible error in imposing criminal contempt penalties in a civil contempt proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).