Brocker v. Brocker
Brocker v. Brocker, 393 U.S. 1081 (1969)
Opinion of the Court
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Sup. Ct. Pa. Cer-tiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 5 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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("[A] Court can for present or past acts of misbehavior amounting to civil contempt impose an unconditional compensatory fine")
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(where the act of contempt complained of is a refusal to do some act ordered primarily for the benefit of a private party, proceedings to enforce compliance with a decree of court are civil in nature)
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(a court may, in a proceeding for civil contempt, impose the remedial punishment of a fine payable to an aggrieved litigant as compensation for the special damage he or she may have sustained by reason of the contumacious conduct of the offender)
Cited by 120 cases
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- State Highest Courts40
- State Appellate Courts21
- State Trial Courts1
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