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Indirect contempt; abuse of discretion; failure to properly serve; insufficiency
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Cut to [Brigitte Bardot]'s bare ass, her body - or Camille's body, technically, because that's Bardot's "character" - prone in bed alongside her husband, Paul (Michel Piccoli). He's a novelist and playwright whom Jerry ([Jack Palance]), a boorish American film producer, wants to hire to punch up his script for a version of the Odyssey that he's making - and that the director, Fritz Lang (playing "himself"), is ruining with arty seriousness. ("Every time I hear the word 'culture,'" Jerry says, after whacking some food across a room, "I bring out my checkbook.")
Yes and no. He's talking about [Jean-Luc Godard]'s as much as (more than?) Lang's Odysseus. But he might as well be talking about anything. We embraced Godard's cinema to hear people talk, and to see them work through the...
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Appellant waived issue of whether judge who presided over petition for domestic violence was properly assigned to the case by failing to raise any objection. Domestic relations courts finding of direct civil contempt did not require court to afford appellant due process associated with finding of indirect contempt. Lower courts contempt finding also was supported in the record and the purge condition requiring appellant to produce the parties child to attend the hearing was not impossible. Evidentiary issues relating to underlying hearing on petition were not cognizable in an appeal from contempt citation.
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A convicted scam artist agreed to turn over his Las Vegas mansion to a court-appointed receiver, settling a civil contempt case the Federal Trade Commission filed nearly five years ago.
The FTC initiated the contempt case in July 2006, alleging Richard C. Neiswonger violated a 12-year-old injunction against making false claims while marketing training and business programs.
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CRIMINAL CONTEMPT; REVERSIBLE ERROR; HEARING; SANCTION
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An act of deliberate disobedience or disregard for the laws, regulations, or decorum of a public authority, such as a court or le...
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A federal jury on Wednesday found a Paterson businessman, his two sons and his two dietary supplement companies guilty of criminal contempt of court in connection with accusations that they made supplements in unsanitary conditions.
The court found Mohamed S. Desoky, his sons Ahmad and Omar -- who were managers for their father -- and the companies -- Quality Formulation Laboratories Inc. and American Sports Nutrition Inc. -- guilty of multiple counts of violating a consent decree, the Department of Justice said.
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HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETS TO MARK UP A RESOLUTION AND REPORT FINDING KARL ROVE IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR PURSUANT TO SUBPOEN...
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Trial court did not abuse its discretion when it found appellant in contempt of court for violating the stay of execution of judgment that the trial court granted while appellees objections to the magistrates decision were pending.