Ninth Circuit Declines To Decide When Contempt Sanction Becomes Puni...

Ninth Circuit Declines To Decide When Contempt Sanction Becomes Punishment
JD Supra (press release)
[7] The bankruptcy court agreed that a self-induced impossibility is a defense to civil contempt, but Mr. G failed to meet the high burden of proof.[8] The bankruptcy court therefore ordered Mr. G incarcerated until he paid the estate as previously ...