adopting a `substantial likelihood that continued confinement is no longer serving its purpose" test
How later courts described this case
- adopting a `substantial likelihood that continued confinement is no longer serving its purpose" test
- “A court has the inherent power to punish for civil or criminal 11 contempt any obstruction of justice relating to any judicial proceeding.”
- due process considerations may affect duration of confinement for civil contempt
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
KILKENNY,
Concurring and Dissenting:
I would affirm the judgment of the lower court and require the appellant to seek a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. I question at this point whether we should discuss the necessity for the hearing mentioned in the majority opinion before appellant has exhausted his remedies. Otherwise, I am in agreement with the majority’s conclusions.