Australian media companies admitted in court Monday they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.
Read moreA federal judge granted nearly $82,000 in attorney fees to Black Lives Matter in a case in which the city of Seattle was found in contempt for violating an injunction preventing police from using certain types of force against protesters.
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Last month, a federal judge held Portland in contempt of court for violent protest policing. Now, he’s deciding which sanctions might prevent police from doing it again.
Read moreA federal court in New York found Jimi Hendrix’s brother and daughter and the Hendrix Music Academy in civil contempt for violating the court’s permanent injunctions in a trademark infringement case brought by the owners of copyrights and trademarks associated with the late musician.
Read moreA federal judge in New York “reluctantly” granted Steven Donziger’s request to postpone his contempt trial, set for Jan. 19, to May 10. Donziger helped indiginous Ecuadoreans win a $9.8 billion verdict against Chevron for polluting the Amazon rainforest.
Read moreIn a decade-long class action suit over the deficiencies in the Texas foster care system, a federal court in the state found Governor Greg Abbott and other state officials in contempt of 13 remedial orders intended to ensure the safety of children in the permanent managing conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Read moreThe Ohio Supreme Court suspended former Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Bachman from the practice of law for six months, finding the former judge engaged in misconduct for an incident in which he ran out of his courtroom and accosted a woman who had screamed in the hallway, brought her back to the court with his hand placed between her neck and shoulder, held her in contempt and increased her three-day jail sentence to 10 days when she protested his actions.
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Following repeated refusals to hand over critical documents that could illuminate errors in the 2020 U.S. census, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was subpoenaed Thursday by House lawmakers.
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The city of Portland, Oregon, agreed on Tuesday to remove from the streets two officers accused of multiple violent incidents against journalists and legal observers in an effort to avoid a second finding of contempt for the handling of ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
Read moreA Santa Clara County judge found Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel San Jose in contempt Tuesday after McClure refused to stop holding indoor worship services with hundreds of people in attendance during a deadly pandemic.
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Police in Portland, Oregon, shot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets and paintballs during demonstrations against police violence in violation of a court order barring that very thing, a federal judge ruled Monday night.
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A Los Angeles County judge rejected LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s arguments that an oversight panel’s subpoena of him over jail conditions during the coronavirus pandemic was vague, illegal and disruptive to his duties, and scheduled contempt proceedings to begin Jan. 21.
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Hong Kong police arrested three former opposition lawmakers on Wednesday for disrupting legislative meetings several months ago, adding to concerns about a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy camp.
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She may not be the one who brought the charges against environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, but the federal judge tapped to preside over Donziger’s contempt trial will have to surmount bias allegations before the extremely rare court-ordered prosecution can begin.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be held in contempt for the failure of the U.S. Postal Service to comply with a federal judge’s Election Day order.
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It was supposed to have been the first criminal trial in Manhattan Federal Court for the coronavirus age, but the plan fell apart — with the man on the dock complaining about a constitutional and public-health crisis in the making.
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Texas will likely be fined for violating orders meant to reform its foster care system, a federal judge said Friday, adding she believes a grocery chain does a better job tracking produce than Texas does of children in its care.
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Accusing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of repeatedly refusing to cooperate with its investigations, the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Friday it is launching proceedings to hold him in contempt.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Washington Post lost their appeal in the Ninth Circuit of a district court’s refusal to unseal documents in a contempt proceeding against Facebook relating to a technical assistance wiretap order.
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An attorney for one of the former police officers charged in the death of George Floyd called for the jailing of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday over a press release the attorney says violates a gag order.
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